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Bugzilla Procedures

B1. Open separate bugs for libc and ports, and preferably separate bugs for different ports, rather than one bug with both libc and ports patches, as different people will be dealing with different areas and a maintainer should be able to close a bug once they've dealt with the parts in their area.

Keywords

K1. The keyword of an issue represents the release branch that requires the fix.

K2. Each release branch should have a keyword named glibc_X.Y with a description that says Bug needed on stable glibc X.Y branch..

Milestones

M1. The milestone of closed bug is the earliest release on the earliest branch that has the fix. The milestone of open bug is the next release on the earliest branch for which the fix is wanted.

M2. Set a milestone on a bug if you think the fix for that bug is ready for a given release branch and should go in it, or that the bug needs fixing for that branch, and reopen if the bug was closed as fixed on trunk but the fix should go in a previous branch. Anyone can do this once for a bug but should not restore a milestone if reset by the branch manager or reopen if the branch manager decides against fixing on the branch.

M3. Branch manager reviews bugs with the milestone set before branching and decides which fixes should go in before the branchpoint (and determines as necessary whether to delay branching or let the branch go without everything wanted).

M4. Branch manager reviews bugs with the milestone set before subsequent point releases from the branch. The additional requirement is that they also be fixed on trunk first.

Notes about the procedure

Milestones: If there are persistent problems with getting things fixed or reviewed in particular areas and so branches need to be made without all the desired fixes, invite more people to become trunk maintainers to fix and review patches in those areas. By recording which fixes were postponed past a branch we can get an idea of what areas need more maintainers, and look at past contributors in those areas to find suitable maintainer candidates.