symphonycms/symphony-2 — Issue #856: Github Issue Tracker Tags
Author: brendo
Created: 2011-10-22 03:26:38+00:00
State: open

This has been brought up a couple of times, so I think it'd be nice to solve. I've started a [wiki article](https://github.com/symphonycms/symphony-2/wiki/Issue-Tracker-Tag-Reference) that will act as a Tag Reference for all.

The idea is to remove our current Labels and move to using this reference so everyone is clear about what is being done, when it's being done, who is doing it and at what stage a particular issue is at.

I think the main goal is to not have too many tags (5-6) but at the same time, not be too fixed about it (it's nice to group related things today with a tag, eg. `email-api`). Ideally the tags should compliment our workflow, and not be a ball ache.

I've gone with a numbered approach, with the idea that all issues come in are either a 0 or 1 until they are elevated to a higher rank. My thinking is that it will enable us to quickly see what issues to ignore and what ones to focus our efforts on. I think we need to make more prominent use of the Assignee and Milestone features Github provides and then support that by following up and checking in to see how progress is going.

It is work in progress, and I've just brain dumped for the moment, so I'm interested in others thoughts.