Re: [boost] Towards a plan to reduce active tickets

Subject: Re: [boost] Towards a plan to reduce active tickets
From: Joel falcou (joel.falcou_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-15 10:38:11

On 15/05/11 05:17, Vicente BOTET wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've inspected the number of tickets since the las Bug Sprint and we ca see that we are having a mean of 18 additional active tickets each month.
>
> month created closed diff
> 01/05/10 99 107 8
> 01/06/10 122 316 194 // Bug Sprint
> 01/07/10 103 56 -47
> 01/08/10 115 120 5
> 01/09/10 85 34 -51
> 01/10/10 105 91 -14
> 01/11/10 109 80 -29
> 01/12/10 83 92 9
> 01/01/11 98 79 -19
> 01/02/11 98 71 -27
> 01/03/11 161 107 -54
> 01/04/11 105 145 40
> MEAN 106,2 87,5 -18,7
>
> * MEAN is calculated since the last Bug Sprint, that is for the last 10 months.
>
> I don't know what could be done to instead of having more active tickets each month having less. While the Bug Sprints are useful I think that we need to have a plan to reduce them is a regular way.
>
> I know that a lot of people would be at BoostCon. It would be great if this subject could be discussed in one of the general sessions.
>
> if you have any suggestion, please replay to this post and share your view with the Boost community.
>

It's an uphill battle. Until we have a long term running team of bug 
fixing mercenaries sniping bugs here and there, the ticket # will rise.
SO it is not a Bug Sprint we should have but a Bug Marathon.