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1129198Scognet@c $FreeBSD: stable/10/gnu/usr.bin/send-pr/doc/states.texi 67908 2000-10-29 22:05:52Z steve $ 2129198Scognet 3129198Scognet@node States 4129198Scognet@section States of Problem Reports 5129198Scognet 6129198Scognet@cindex life-cycle of a Problem Report 7129198Scognet@cindex states of Problem Reports 8129198Scognet@cindex Problem Report states 9129198Scognet@cindex automatic notification 10129198Scognet 11129198ScognetEach PR goes through a defined series of states between origination and 12129198Scognetclosure. The originator of a PR receives notification automatically of 13129198Scognetany state changes. 14129198Scognet 15129198ScognetUnless your site has customized states (see @pxref{states 16129198Scognetfile,,,gnats}), @sc{gnats} uses these states: 17129198Scognet 18129198Scognet@table @dfn 19129198Scognet@cindex @emph{open} state 20129198Scognet@cindex initial state (@dfn{open}) 21129198Scognet@cindex state---@dfn{open} 22129198Scognet@item open 23129198ScognetThe initial state of a Problem Report. This means the PR has been filed 24129198Scognetand the responsible person(s) notified. 25129198Scognet 26129198Scognet@cindex @emph{analyzed} state 27129198Scognet@cindex state---@dfn{analyzed} 28129198Scognet@item analyzed 29129198ScognetThe responsible person has analyzed the problem. The analysis should 30129198Scognetcontain a preliminary evaluation of the problem and an estimate of the 31129198Scognetamount of time and resources necessary to solve the problem. It should 32266175Sianalso suggest possible workarounds. 33129198Scognet 34129198Scognet@cindex @emph{feedback} state 35129198Scognet@cindex state---@dfn{feedback} 36129198Scognet@item feedback 37129198ScognetThe problem has been solved, and the originator has been given a patch 38129198Scognetor other fix. The PR remains in this state until the originator 39129198Scognetacknowledges that the solution works. 40129198Scognet 41129198Scognet@cindex @emph{closed} state 42129198Scognet@cindex state---@dfn{closed} 43129198Scognet@cindex final state (@dfn{closed}) 44129198Scognet@item closed 45129198ScognetA Problem Report is closed (``the bug stops here'') only when any 46129198Scognetchanges have been integrated, documented, and tested, and the submitter 47129198Scognethas confirmed the solution. 48129198Scognet 49129198Scognet@cindex @emph{suspended} state 50129198Scognet@cindex state---@dfn{suspended} 51129198Scognet@item suspended 52129198ScognetWork on the problem has been postponed. This happens if a timely 53129198Scognetsolution is not possible or is not cost-effective at the present time. 54129198ScognetThe PR continues to exist, though a solution is not being actively 55129198Scognetsought. If the problem cannot be solved at all, it should be closed 56129198Scognetrather than suspended. 57129198Scognet@end table 58255352Sglebius 59255352Sglebius