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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] fuzz failures not generating bugs

From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:50:29 -0800
On 11/30/12 12:01 PM, Bill Meier wrote:

> Assuming that the conversion script mentioned in
> 
> https://bugzillaupdate.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/bugzilla-4-0-has-a-new-default-status-workflow/
> 
> 
> will be run, it appears that the changes in the current status values
> will be as follows:
> 
> “NEW” will become “CONFIRMED”
> “ASSIGNED” will become “IN_PROGRESS”
> “REOPENED” will become “CONFIRMED” (and the “REOPENED” status will be
> removed)
> “CLOSED” will become “VERIFIED” (and the “CLOSED” status will be removed)

That's correct.

> Also, I'm guessing that, after the update, the initial status of a bug
> will now be "CONFIRMED" (which corresponds with our current initial
> status of "New").
> 
> Or: will we now start with "UNCONFIRMED" ?

UNCONFIRMED has to be enabled in the configuration, otherwise the
initial status is CONFIRMED.

> That being said, I can imagine that starting with "Confirmed" might
> cause some puzzlement from those used to seeing "NEW" as the initial
> status.

Would UNCONFIRMED be less confusing than CONFIRMED?