"Root Bug" or "Master Bug"?

[Guy Pyrzak]

I prefer [% terms.master_bug %] in the template code I think it should be
called fhqwhgads, or whatever makes the other developers happy, as long as
it isn't jocking me (or any of the other end users).

-g



On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Dan Wierenga <dwierenga at valueclick.com>
wrote:

> I like the term "master bug" much better. My reasoning:
>
> a) "root bug" immediately makes me think of some issue regarding a Unix
> superuser.  Not so good for my blood pressure.  Trivial, however,
> compared to:
> b) There's a lot of "tree" terminology already, and this doesn't mesh.
> You've got a trunk, and you've got some branches.  And now you're going
> to define a "root bug" which will almost certainly sit on a branch and
> not at the gravity-facing end of the trunk where you'd expect to find
> "roots".
>
> Just my $0.02 though.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: developers-owner at bugzilla.org [mailto:developers-
> > owner at bugzilla.org] On Behalf Of Max Kanat-Alexander
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:20 PM
> > To: developers at bugzilla.org
> > Subject: "Root Bug" or "Master Bug"?
> >
> >
> >       So, there's a system for "branches" that I've proposed here:
> >
> >       https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55970
> >
> >       I was wondering whether you prefer the term "master bug" or
> > "root bug" for the bug that represents the "main" bug in the
> > relationship, for those who've read the spec on that bug. (The spec
> > calls it "root cause", but for the good reason mentioned in comment
> 25,
> > that's out of the running.)
> >
> >       -Max
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