Definitions for 3.0r1
Priorities
- p1 = we need to fix this immediatly or within the next 5 days
- p2 = we will not release r1 without that fixed
- p3 = we want to fix that before we release r1, but maybe we will not manage
- p4 = we will not fix this for etch, but for lenny
- p5 = we will fix this someday
Severities
- Blocker: Blocks development and/or testing work
- Critical: crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak
- Major: major loss of function
- Normal: loss of function
- Minor: minor loss of function, or other problem with an easy workaround
- Trivial: cosmetic problem like misspelled words or misaligned text
- Enhancement: Request for enhancement
The last word on priorities and severities have the people doing the work of fixing the bugs.