On 03/29/2013 01:31 PM, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
On 03/29/2013 03:58 PM, Robert Schweikert wrote:
On 03/29/2013 10:50 AM, Per Jessen wrote:
Robert Schweikert wrote:
Proposal:
Add an Accessibility category to Bugzilla
Accessibility bugs should be treated as major bugs, even issues that may appear small or minor to non handicapped users may have a profound effect on users that depend on a11y technology. It is preferable that accessibility fixes get released as updates in the current distribution. We do not have a dedicated team to address a11y bugs, thus the regular development teams and package maintainers are responsible for fixing a11y issues, just as they are today. However, these bugs will likely have a higher priority assignment than they have today.
Immediate thought - this is almost entirely symbolic as it will not cause any change in the way bugs are handled.
There is a symbolic "value" to this correct. However as a11y bugs would always be at least "Major" it should have an impact on how these bugs are treated. Secondly having a category makes it obvious for those filing the bugs where they belong.
Why should they be "Major" by default? We have definitions on what the severity means and I strongly object to make any category by default Major. Let's stick to the definitions we have and not change them for one category,
This strikes at the heart of the issue. A simple example to demonstrated the problem. When there is a bug that does not allow the login manager to be audible our current criteria would not capture this as a critical bug. However to the user that is dependent on this to be able to use the system the bug is basically the same as if the kernel crashed, a kernel crash of course falls under the critical category. Therefore, an issue that may appear to be minor to those without handicap may have profound effects on people that depend on a11y functionality. There is somewhat of a disconnect between the existing severities and the impact w.r.t. a11y. We should address this disconnect. Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org