Hi all, I worked a bit on the originally proposed tracker status values and the comments to them. I also tried to avoid "sensitive" terms like "Open" and "Pending", but I did not come up with a nice replacement for "Closed", so I still left it in. The result is a set of status values and transitional actions. Each transitional action has exactly one preconditioning status value and results in exactly one status value. Status values ============= "New" An issue has been added to the tracker system. The WG has not yet decided to accept this issue. No person or group has been assigned yet to work on this issue. "Assigned" A person or group of persons has been assigned to work in this issue. In case of a group, the responsible person is tagged in the tracker system. The assignment is to come up with a proposal on this issue. "Resolved" A solution to the issue is available and awaits acceptance from the WG. "Fixed" The proposed solution has been accepted and needs to be merged into the appropriate/affected resource(s). "Closed" The merged solution is taken over into the main official published resource. The final completion must be reported by the main editor and reviewed by at least one other member (preferably the second editor). "Rejected" The issue has been rejected and will not be considered again in the future. "Deferred" The issue has been acknowledged and will be addressed in future releases. Transitional Actions ==================== Pre status: New Post status: Assigned The WG accepts an issue and assigns a responsible person to work on this issue. Pre status: New Post status: Rejected The WG rejects this issue due to various reasons and decides that it will not be reconsidered again. Pre status: Assigned Post status: Resolved The assigned person or group finds a solution for this issue and files it for acceptance. Pre status: Resolved Post status: Fixed The proposed solution has been accepted by the WG. Pre status: Resolved Post status: Assigned The WG decides that the proposed solution does not fit and requires an alternative solution. A new responsible person or group may assigned. Pre status: Resolved Post status: Deferred The WG eventually decides that at the moment there is no suitable solution to the issue or the issue bounced back and forth between the states "Assigned" and "Resolved" for too many times. At a later stage, there may be a solution to the issue. Pre status: Resolved Post status: Rejected The WG realises that this issue is completely off track from the scope and rejects it. Pre status: Fixed Post status: Closed The solution to the issue has been merged and is reviewed. --- I hope I didn't forget anything. The actual picture of this is not as complicated ass the whole bunch of text may suppose. Cheers, Michel N.B..: Have a nice weekend!