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In the past we have used tracking, or meta bugs to keep track of which bugs must be resolved in order to release. Each "child" bug blocks the "parent" meta bug. Once all blocking bugs are resolved, the release can occur. | In the past we have used tracking, or meta bugs to keep track of which bugs must be resolved in order to release. Each "child" bug blocks the "parent" meta bug. Once all blocking bugs are resolved, the release can occur. | ||
This approach, while effective, has the drawback that changes to one bug can cause a cascade of bugspam (mail from Bugzilla) due to all the bug interdependencies. As you can imagine, tracking | This approach, while effective, has the drawback that changes to one bug can cause a cascade of bugspam (mail from Bugzilla) due to all the bug interdependencies. As you can imagine, a tracking bug with tens or hundreds of blocking "child" bugs gets very unwieldy to maintain very quickly. | ||
=The present= | =The present= | ||