Help on Ticket Changes

Inspired from a process discussion on django-developers, we're going to extend Trac to be a little more friendly when tickets are changed - a friendly summary of what it means and what to do next.

This wiki page is a holding page for the text, please expand on it!

Goals:

  • Upbeat, friendly, clear language
  • Constructive suggestions
  • Try and explain the reason for the change, as well as what to do next.
  • They'll have the comment from the person who changed the ticket just above any text thats here.

Ticket Resolutions

duplicate

By closing duplicate tickets, we keep all the discussion about a topic in one place, which helps everyone.

What do do next?

  1. Check out the linked ticket that is referred to above.
  2. Add any relevant notes/patches/discussion from here to the other ticket.
  3. If you don't agree that it's a duplicate, please reopen the ticket and explain why (mistakes do happen!).

fixed

Awesome! Congratulations, it's done & made it to trunk! Please find another ticket (link to Accepted: tickets on trac?) and lets go!

invalid

It seems the ticket is actually the result of a user error, describes a problem with something other than the core Django framework itself, or is really a support query.

What to do next?

  1. If it's been suggested that it's a user error or support query, please ask on (django-users) or in IRC at #django
  2. If your ticket refers to a 3rd party Django or Python application, please file the issue with them. Google will help you track down their home.
  3. If you don't agree, please reopen the ticket and explain why (mistakes do happen!).

wontfix

Used when a core developer decides that this request is not appropriate for consideration in Django. This is usually chosen after discussion in the django-developers mailing list, and you should feel free to join in when it’s something you care about.

What to do next?

  1. ... something ...

worksforme

Used when the ticket doesn’t contain enough detail to replicate the original bug.

What to do next?

  1. ... something ...

Ticket Flags

Has Patch

I don't think we need one for this, actual next-steps will be covered by one of the other flags anyway?

Needs documentation

This flag is used for tickets with patches that need associated documentation. Complete documentation of features is a prerequisite before we can check a fix into the codebase.

What to do next?

  1. ... something ...

Needs tests

This flags the patch as needing associated unit tests. Again, this is a required part of a valid patch.

What to do next?

  1. ... something ...

Patch needs improvement

This flag means that although the ticket has a patch, it’s not quite ready for checkin. This could mean the patch no longer applies cleanly, or that the code doesn’t live up to our standards.

What to do next?

  1. ... something ...
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