5.2. Problem attributes

Besides the fixed problem number which is created when the report is filed, each problem has a couple of attributes that might change during the life-cycle of the problem. They will be described in the following chapters.

5.2.1. Reported By

As the problem number, this field is fix. It represents the SourceForge username of the individual who filed the report.

5.2.2. Severity level

The SourceForge.net platform allows to assign a severity level to each problem. It ranges from 1 to 10. The meaning in our project and the consequences are defined as follows:

FIXME: A more detailed description of the prios needs to be given

  1. Lowest priority

  2. TBD!

  3. TBD!

  4. TBD!

  5. Medium priority (default)

  6. TBD!

  7. TBD!

  8. TBD!

  9. TBD!

  10. Highest priority

5.2.3. Area

TBD!

5.2.4. Assignee

This field represents the SourceForge.net username of the individual working on the problem. Each developer should pick problems he feels competent to work on. The possibility to assign another developer to a problem should be used only to gather a comment from this developer. This should be clearly marked as comment with the report.

Note

The number of unassigned problem reports should be 0 most of the time to give clear signal to the world that the developers are working on the project!

5.2.5. Status

Each problem has a status. Right after filing a report, it will be assigned the status 'open' automatically by the SourceForge.net platform. Whenever a developer is working on the problem, he will have to modifiy the value of this field to reflect the current status. The following values are available and have the associated meaning:

FIXME: A more detailed description of the states needs to be given

Table 5-1. Available problem status values

StatusMeaning
openThe problem is not yet fixed. A developer might be working on it.
closedThe problem has been closed. No further action is required.
deleted???
pending???

5.2.6. Resolution

??? The following values are available and have the associated meaning:

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Table 5-2. Available problem resolution values

ResolutionMeaning
Accepted???
Duplicated???
Fixed???
Invalid???
Later???
None???
Out of date???
Postponed???
Rejected???
Remind???
Wont fix???
Works for me???