[Development] Qt 5.6 LTS - who defines criteria what gets "bug fixed"

[Thiago Macieira]

On quarta-feira, 24 de fevereiro de 2016 22:38:56 PST Michael Möllney wrote:
> So my question or suggestion to reduced bug fixing time is:
> 
> - Is there or should there be an authority/committee that decides early, 
> if a bug is worth to be fixed for 5.6 LTS?
>    Maybe in bugreports.qt.io: if the "Affects Version/s" contains 
> "5.6.x" the authority
>    could "Label" it 5.6-LTS to hint the fixing branch?
> - Is there or should there be a Wiki-Page giving rules of thump, what 
> inconsistent between API docs and actual behavior
>    is a bug that should be fixed in 5.6 LTS?

The current rule should still apply: contributors decide among themselves. The 
author of the patch makes a suggestion, other contributors and approvers may 
make different suggestions. In case there's no consensus, the maintainer makes 
a decision.

In case there's disagreement with the maintainer's decision, bring it to the 
mailing list and the Chief Maintainer will decide.

Using bugreports.qt.io won't help, since the same people who can set labels 
and the version fields are the ones in the group above anyway.

I really oppose the creation of a committee. We don't need more bureaucracy, 
especially without a proof that the current methods don't work. I think the 
above description does work.

However, a wiki page giving rules of thumb of what may be acceptable and what 
may not is a very good idea.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center