[GNC-dev] Bugzilla Structure

[John Ralls]

> On Aug 28, 2018, at 6:11 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> writes:
> 
>> One could, but I agree that a “General” component is better, so I’ve made one.
>> 
>> I think David’s 777893 belongs in the T&CG, though, and he’s already
>> moved it there.
> 
> Sure, having a General component makes sense if you don't know where it
> should go, but I think it would be good to also use it for "umbrella"
> bugs so that if there's a change that needs to be made in multiple
> places we have a general bug and then doc-specific bugs.
> 
> At least that strcuted seems to make sense to me.  Unless you feel it's
> too much overhead?
> 
> We've used this structure before for major releases.

Yes, that’s a reasonable use case. We just have to remember to close the umbrella bug when the individual ones are all closed.

Regards,
John Ralls