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| author | Douwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com> | 2018-10-17 15:43:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Douwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com> | 2018-10-17 15:43:58 +0000 |
| commit | 11152ddf3d4f977232676fea38eca28b7b6e6ddd (patch) | |
| tree | e3fa62f0f3944ecbac80bc73808f762c56514d57 | |
| parent | 6faaa3170f0a097aa12a5160fe85164282f1c1b9 (diff) | |
| parent | dfe428f51072e12cb9cc436aec3775af98026da0 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-11152ddf3d4f977232676fea38eca28b7b6e6ddd.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'severity-and-priority-rounding-rules-docs' into 'master'
Round P/S labels up, not down
See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!22424
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/development/contributing/issue_workflow.md | 7 |
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diff --git a/doc/development/contributing/issue_workflow.md b/doc/development/contributing/issue_workflow.md index cd5eee6ea36..3077422ae0a 100644 --- a/doc/development/contributing/issue_workflow.md +++ b/doc/development/contributing/issue_workflow.md @@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ This label documents the planned timeline & urgency which is used to measure aga | ~P3 | Medium Priority | Within the next 3 releases (approx one quarter or 90 days) | | ~P4 | Low Priority | Anything outside the next 3 releases (more than one quarter or 120 days) | +If an issue seems to fall between two priority labels, assign it to the higher- +priority label. + ## Severity labels Severity labels help us clearly communicate the impact of a ~bug on users. @@ -159,6 +162,10 @@ Severity labels help us clearly communicate the impact of a ~bug on users. | ~S3 | Major Severity | Broken Feature, workaround acceptable | Can create merge requests only from the Merge Requests page, not through the Issue. | | ~S4 | Low Severity | Functionality inconvenience or cosmetic issue | Label colors are incorrect / not being displayed. | +If an issue seems to fall between two severity labels, even taking the +[severity impact guidance](#severity-impact-guidance) into account, assign +it to the higher-severity label. + ### Severity impact guidance Severity levels can be applied further depending on the facet of the impact; e.g. Affected customers, GitLab.com availability, performance and etc. The below is a guideline. |