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| <h1>Policies: Regressions</h1> |
| <p>There are three categories of regression issues we're interested in: |
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| <ol><li>Functionality which is different from the same functionality in a |
| previous version, but the difference is intentional, since the |
| respective feature has been overworked, and specified differently than |
| before.</li> |
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| <li>Functionality which is different from the same functionality in a |
| previous version, and should be fixed. However, the issue is considered |
| too minor to be a stopper for the next (micro) release.</li> |
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| <li>Functionality which is different from the same functionality in a |
| previous version, and is serious enough to be a stopper for the next |
| (micro) release.</li> |
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| <p>Categorization of a regression issue into one of the three categories above |
| happens as follows:</li> |
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| <ol><li>After adding a justification (i.e. saying that the change is |
| not considered a regression, but an implementation of a new/changed |
| concept), the issue is handled as usual. No particular keyword is to be |
| set. Any already existent regression keyword is to be revoked. |
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| In case that the changed functionality/behaviour is controversial, this |
| should be discussed in the project (corresponding to the Issue Tracker |
| Component), and may be brought to the project lead to come to a |
| decision. If necessary, the issue could be escalated to the |
| project leads list. If you cannot escalate to the project leads list |
| yourself, contact the Community Contributor Representative at the |
| Community Council or the QA project. |
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| Alternatively and additionally, feel free to get support from other |
| people, expressed for instance by <a href="https://bz.apache.org/ooo/page.cgi?id=voting.html">votes</a> |
| on the issue</li> |
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| <li>The <a href="https://bz.apache.org/ooo/describekeywords.cgi">keyword</a> |
| "regression" is added to the issue (if not already present), together with a comment |
| stating that the issue is not considered a blocker for the next release. The |
| <a href="https://bz.apache.org/ooo/page.cgi?id=fields.html#target_milestone">Target Milestone</a> |
| is set to the next train release (e.g. "OOo 2.x") or "OOo later", depending on the |
| judgement of the issue's severity. After that, the issue is handled as usual. In |
| particular, depending on user feedback (e.g. votes), it might be decided to fix |
| the issue in the next release.</li> |
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| <li>The <a href="https://bz.apache.org/ooo/describekeywords.cgi">keyword</a> |
| "release_blocker" is added to the issue, the <a href="https://bz.apache.org/ooo/page.cgi?id=fields.html#target_milestone">Target Milestone</a> |
| is set to the next minor release.</li> |
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| <p>Resources: |
| <ul><li><a href="https://qa.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=1451849" target="_blank">Proposal: Classification of regression issues</a> |
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