[NTLUG:Discuss] RPM confused question

[Lance Simmons]

* Jack Snodgrass <jack at jacksnodgrass.com> [040104 11:31]:
> 
> not a bug....  WADBDS ( from my IBM Support Days ) Works As Designed
> But Design Sucks...

I don't know how it works with other bug tracking systems, but in the
Debian BTS, bugs can include wishlist items.  Bugs are rated by severity
as follows:

  1 critical: makes unrelated software on the system (or the whole
  system) break, or causes serious data loss, or introduces a security
  hole on systems where you install the package.

  2 grave: makes the package in question unusable or mostly so, or
  causes data loss, or introduces a security hole allowing access to the
  accounts of users who use the package.

  3 serious: is a severe violation of Debian policy (that is, the
  problem is a violation of a 'must' or 'required' directive); may or
  may not affect the usability of the package.

  4 important: a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a
  package, without rendering it completely unusable to everyone.

  5 does-not-build: a bug that stops the package from being built from
  source.  (This is a 'virtual severity'.)

  6 normal: a bug that does not undermine the usability of the whole
  package; for example, a problem with a particular option or menu item.

  7 minor: things like spelling mistakes and other minor cosmetic errors
  that do not affect the core functionality of the package.

  8 wishlist: suggestions and requests for new features.

Perhaps the BTS for your distro has a wishlist.

-- 
Lance Simmons