BZ 2138 (was Re: ANN: BreakpointNavigator Plugin release)

[Alex Tweedly]

Robert Brenstein wrote:

> Out of 996 unresolved bugs 514 are currently unconfirmed whereas 482 
> are being checked or handled. Notably 261 of those 514 are enhancement 
> requests. There are 92 enhancements implemented or dismissed and 202 
> being implemented or in consideration as far as I can see.
>
> Seeing many "known" bugs remaining unconfirmed indeed leaves a feeling 
> of discomfort and concern, although it is clear from the above numbers 
> that RR team uses bugzilla.

Ahhh - nostalgia :-)
As I said earlier, I used to spend a lot of time dealing with bug 
databases - usually making up excuses why *I* had so many entries in 
there :-)     So I spent a quick hour or two of nostalgia looking at 
Rev's Bugzilla from the viewpoint of a dev. manager, rather than as a 
customer/user. 

Your overview sounds pretty good:
996 unresolved bugs
514 unconfirmed just over 50%
261 enhancement requests
243 "real" bugs still unconfirmed - about 25%

But  I fear that analysis is of dubious value - it probably contains 
some fairly old history, and it certainly contains some very recent 
entries (which you can't reasonably expect much action on). 

So I looked at 3 month's worth - all bugs initially entered between 
1/12/2004 to 3/1/2005.

175 unresolved bugs
138 are unconfirmed  (80%)
  45 are enhancement requests
  93 "real" bugs still unconfirmed - over 50%

I bet the monthly bug-review meetings at Runrev are pretty exciting ....

btw - BZ 2138 (can't run apps by double-click) is an Enhancement request 
- since the docs don't claim it should be possible, I couldn't find any 
excuse to make it a "bug" rather than an enhancement request; that may 
be another reason it hasn't been fixed yet.

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Alex Tweedly       http://www.tweedly.net



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