[platform-dev] Status field on GitHub issues

[Jens Lideström <jens@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One convenient detail in Bugzilla is that there is a "Status" field on every issue. The status is explicit, has standardized values and is immediately visible.

When browsing issues on GitHub I have often been confused about their status.

I suggest this: All Eclipse projects on GitHub should have labels for the most important status values that exist in Bugzilla.

Maybe the following status values should exist:

new
ongoing
blocked
duplicate
worksforme
invalid
fixed

It would be preferable if one of the status labels would be mandatory for a issue to be closed, but I don't know if GitHub has functionality for that.

Bugzilla status values: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/page.cgi?id=fields.html#bug_status

Labels for an organisation in GitHub: https://docs.github.com/en/organizations/managing-organization-settings/managing-default-labels-for-repositories-in-your-organization

BR,
Jens Lideström