Bug 13851

Summary:	Bug resolution descriptions (Status link) need customized, CODE_FIX, etc
Product:	Other	Reporter:	Duncan (1i5t5.duncan)
Component:	Bug Tracker	Assignee:	Bug Me Administrator (bugme-admin)
Status:	REOPENED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	alan, briannorris
Priority:	P1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Kernel Version:	-	Subsystem:
Regression:	No	Bisected commit-id:

Description Duncan 2009-07-27 09:35:13 UTC

This bug is being filed based on the the resolution of bug 13750.

A fix showed up in the tree (for on-tag 2.6.31-rc4) without further bug interaction.  So I go to resolve the bug, and wonder whether that's CODE_FIX or PATCH_ALREADY_AVAILABLE.  So I click on the status link, expecting to find a helpful description I can use.

But all I see is the generic bugzilla documentation, fixed, etc, no bugzilla.kernel.org customized documentation to match the customized resolutions, therefore no description of CODE_FIX and no description of PATCH_ALREADY_AVAILABLE to help me decide which is appropriate.

It'd be helpful to know what each of the resolutions actually means in the bugzilla.kernel.org context.

Comment 1 Duncan 2019-04-19 05:11:25 UTC

The bug remains today.  The status link still apparently resolves to generic status help, while PATCH_ALREADY_AVAILABLE and CODE_FIX are still apparently kernel bugzy specific, and aren't covered.

Comment 2 Brian Norris 2020-05-13 18:59:36 UTC

I guess this is the place for these status descriptions?

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/page.cgi?id=faq.html#resolution

I agree, it's kinda confusing though. I'm only just learning my way around bugzilla and I had the same question... It feels like there's a lot of UX improvements to be had in bugzilla, around pointing at the docs, etc. I've also found this page useful, but it's not linked anywhere from bugzilla.kernel.org itself:
https://korg.docs.kernel.org/bugzilla.html

For your case (fix was developed apart from the bug in question), PATCH_ALREADY_AVAILABLE is probably the right answer.