Re: [RFC] GitLab issue tracker labeling process: arch/target, os, and accel labels

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 6/15/21 4:08 AM, David Gibson wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 01:32:11PM -0400, John Snow wrote:
> In general, what's the convention when a bug is independent of (say)
> the accel: does it get none of the accel tags, or all of them?
> Likewise with OS and the other categories.

None: remove the label. Otherwise you'll notify everybody subscribed
to specific labels.

>> We probably want to keep a set of labels that apply to the host
>> architecture. These are useful for build failures, environment setup issues,
>> or just documenting the exact environment on which an issue was observed.
> 
> Ah.. that's another general question.  Are the labels supposed to
> document where the problem has been definitely observed, or a best
> estimate at where it will appear.  It would be very common for a bug
> to be observed initially on only one, but quickly turn out to be
> independent of host and/or target arch.

Similar. If the problem is generic, remove the specific labels.

Regards,

Phil.