[jsdl-wg] Tracker status value proposal - take 2

[Andreas Savva]

Hi Ali,

Unless there is any disagreement, by say tomorrow, I'll set up the new 
values. After that the issues should really be updated during group 
review and by whoever carries out the next action for each  issue.

I believe only project administrators have the right to actually close 
issues. I think that's probably good practice but we could give that 
right to other group members as we see fit.

Andreas

Ali Anjomshoaa wrote:

>Hi Andreas,
>
>many thanks for this. It's good so let's roll with it. Will you be doing
>the honours or should we all be adding trackers and modifying states?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Ali
>
>
>On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Andreas Savva wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Ok, here's a slightly revised proposal for the status values. Again note that this is just for the *specification* tracker and not for the general 'Agenda/Topic' tracker.
>>
>>At the moment the tracker artifact status values are the gridforge default:
>>	open, pending, closed.
>>
>>These cannot be changed but new values can be defined. I propose to
>>augment them with the following values:
>>	resolved, fixed
>>
>>"open", "pending", "resolved" and "fixed" would be of status class Open
>>"closed" of status class Closed
>>
>>Status value definitions will be clearly documented on the tracker summary page.
>>
>>A typical workflow would be 
>>  open->pending->resolved->fixed->closed
>>
>>(Michel's email gives a more detailed proposal for these transitions.)
>>
>>The meaning of these values (for the typical path) would be as follows:
>>
>>Open: the issue has been proposed by a member but not yet
>>	accepted by the WG.
>>
>>Pending: the issue has been accepted and is still pending
>>	resolution by the WG. (Includes 'waiting response from 
>>	author' mentioned by Donal.)
>>
>>Resolved: The WG has decided and accepted a resolution, but the
>>	actions are still pending
>>
>>Fixed: The editor has completed the proposed actions, but the
>>	actions are awaiting verification. Both the schema and spec
>>	may have to be revised in order to reach this state.
>>
>>Closed: The issue has been resolved and is reflected in the
>>	 work products of the WG. The completion of the changes
>>	must be reported by the primary editor and verified by
>>	the secondary editor (or other WG member). 
>>	
>>Issues that have been deferred or rejected also get closed with an appropriate comment. Issues that have been deferred are moved to the post-v1 tracker.
>>
>>(After checking the tracker settings again, "deferred" or "rejected" should probably be 'resolution' values rather than status values. The resolution field exists but is not enabled at the moment. I propose we first try out the new status values. We can come back and enable the 'resolution' field if we decide we really need it.)
>>
>>Andreas
>>
>>
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>>
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