[jsdl-wg] Tracker status values proposal

[Andreas Savva]

Michel,

Gridforge status values "Open", "Pending" and "Closed" cannot be removed 
from the Status value list. We have to live with them. I think it would 
cause more confusion not to use them and try to define 'similar' ones 
like New and Assigned instead.

I'm not sure if it makes any difference on the 'sensitivity' issue but 
my plan is to also add a short 'glossary' of the meaning of the status 
values at the top of the tracker page. See this tracker for an example:
https://forge.gridforum.org/tracker/index.php?func=browse&group_id=42&atid=780

Also I can sympathize with the desire to add a 'Reject', but in practice 
we have re-visited such issues (again and again) and I think 'Closed' 
with an appropriate comment would be good enough. I might have mentioned 
in the initial email that we could also do away with 'Deferred' since we 
have a post-v1 tracker and the deferred issues could simply be moved 
there instead.

Obviously fewer rather than more values are better as long as they 
capture the stages we go through in resolving issues.

(And I had thought when I sent the initial proposal that I would get no 
responses....)
Andreas

Michel Drescher wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I worked a bit on the originally proposed tracker status values and 
> the comments to them.
>
> I also tried to avoid "sensitive" terms like "Open" and "Pending", but 
> I did not come up with a nice replacement for "Closed", so I still 
> left it in.
>
> The result is a set of status values and transitional actions. Each 
> transitional action has exactly one preconditioning status value and 
> results in exactly one status value.
>
> Status values
> =============
>
> "New"
> An issue has been added to the tracker system. The WG has not yet 
> decided to accept this issue. No person or group has been assigned yet 
> to work on this issue.
>
> "Assigned"
> A person or group of persons has been assigned to work in this issue. 
> In case of a group, the responsible person is tagged in the tracker 
> system. The assignment is to come up with a proposal on this issue.
>
> "Resolved"
> A solution to the issue is available and awaits acceptance from the WG.
>
> "Fixed"
> The proposed solution has been accepted and needs to be merged into 
> the appropriate/affected resource(s).
>
> "Closed"
> The merged solution is taken over into the main official published 
> resource. The final completion must be reported by the main editor and 
> reviewed by at least one other member (preferably the second editor).
>
> "Rejected"
> The issue has been rejected and will not be considered again in the 
> future.
>
> "Deferred"
> The issue has been acknowledged and will be addressed in future releases.
>
>
> Transitional Actions
> ====================
>
> Pre status: New
> Post status: Assigned
> The WG accepts an issue and assigns a responsible person to work on 
> this issue.
>
> Pre status: New
> Post status: Rejected
> The WG rejects this issue due to various reasons and decides that it 
> will not be reconsidered again.
>
> Pre status: Assigned
> Post status: Resolved
> The assigned person or group finds a solution for this issue and files 
> it for acceptance.
>
> Pre status: Resolved
> Post status: Fixed
> The proposed solution has been accepted by the WG.
>
> Pre status: Resolved
> Post status: Assigned
> The WG decides that the proposed solution does not fit and requires an 
> alternative solution. A new responsible person or group may assigned.
>
> Pre status: Resolved
> Post status: Deferred
> The WG eventually decides that at the moment there is no suitable 
> solution to the issue or the issue bounced back and forth between the 
> states "Assigned" and "Resolved" for too many times. At a later stage, 
> there may be a solution to the issue.
>
> Pre status: Resolved
> Post status: Rejected
> The WG realises that this issue is completely off track from the scope 
> and rejects it.
>
> Pre status: Fixed
> Post status: Closed
> The solution to the issue has been merged and is reviewed.
>
> ---
>
> I hope I didn't forget anything. The actual picture of this is not as 
> complicated ass the whole bunch of text may suppose.
>
> Cheers,
> Michel
>
> N.B..: Have a nice weekend!
>