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How to handle bugs
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Report new bugs as Open
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The project manager will assign and prioritize the bugs.
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The assigned developer sets the bug to Open-Accepted to indicate that she understood the bug.
Otherwise, she sets the entry to Pending-Remind, if you don't understand it yet
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Declare it "Invalid", "Duplicate" or "Works for me" and set it to pending if you cannot reproduce the bug in any way
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If bug has been accepted and fixed, the developer should set the bug to "Fixed", but not close or set to pending.
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If during testing the bug is found...
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...to be resolved, the test team should close the bug with "Fixed" as resolution.
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...to still exist in the software, the test team set the bug resolution to "None" (or "Accepted") again.
Bug priorities
Priority
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Meaning
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9
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Has to be fixed immediately! No one leaves the building until it is fixed. :-)
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8
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Has to be fixed in the next release.
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7
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Should be fixed in the next release. If not there should be a reason why.
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6-2
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Varying degrees of importance.
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1
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Not prioritized yet. Project or technical manager has to do this.
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How to avoid duplicate bug entries
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If the old entry describes the exact same problem you have now, then re-open the entry.
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If the old entry is similar and marked with a resolution suggesting no work was done ("out-of date", "invalid", etc.), then you should re-open the entry.
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If it is similar and marked as fixed, it might be a better idea to open a new entry (and include a reference to the old one). After all, the code around the old bug changed since the old entry was added, so the problem - while similar - might be better described as caused by a different bug.
Reopening should be available to everyone listed as a project member.