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= Ticketing Policy =

This page describes how '''Users''' and '''Developers''' should use the ''trac'' ticketing system:

== General Definitions ==

1. '''Ticket Type'''[[BR]]
Describes the nature of a new ticket.

||'''Defect''': ||Anything that does not work as expected||
||'''Enhancement''': ||An improvement over an existing feature||
||'''Request''': ||A new feature that should be added||
||'''Task''': ||Anything that does not fall into the categories above||

2. '''Priority'''[[BR]]
Describes the order in which the ticket should be dealt with.

||'''blocker''': ||Reduced functionality of parts of the system or the entire system until problem is fixed||
||'''critical''': ||Security breach or severe loss of data due to the defect||
||'''major''': ||Defect with major impact '''OR''' big enhancement||
||'''normal''': ||Defect with normal impact '''OR''' medium enhancement||
||'''minor''': ||Defect with minor impact '''OR''' small enhancement||
||'''trivial''': ||Defect with little or no impact '''OR''' cosmetic enhancement||

3. '''Versioning'''[[BR]]
Describes the difference between milestones and versions.

||'''Milestone'''||Planned ||'''milestone'''||Planned version (future) ||
||'''Version''' ||'''version''' ||Released milestone (past)||

== Users Policy ==
Users should only need to set the '''Ticket Type''' and, in case of a defect, the corresponding '''Version'''.[[BR]]

== Developers Policy ==
Developers are to evaluate the '''Content''', '''Type''', and '''Version''' of a ticket, and assign a '''Developer''', '''Priority''', '''Component''', and '''Milestone'''.