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Label Style Guide

Reparo edited this page Oct 14, 2016 · 3 revisions

Issue Label Style Guide

In order to improve organization and tracking of issues, the following labels should be used as described.

Section

Section of OptiCache that this issue belongs to.

  • middleware
  • output

Problem

Issues that make OptiCache feel broken or prevent us from doing further work, but otherwise work as designed. High priority.

  • blocked
  • blocker
  • bug
  • externally blocked
  • hotfix

Experience

Issues that affect a user's comprehension or overall enjoyment of OptiCache.

  • microcopy
  • user experience
  • developer experience

Mindless

Issues that are necessary but less impactful for our users.

  • cleanup
  • legal
  • technical debt
  • experience debt
  • tests

Feedback

Issues that require further conversation to figure out how to proceed or what action steps are needed.

  • request for comments
  • help wanted
  • question
  • research
  • strategy
  • stub
  • prototype

Addition

Issues that will result in new functionality or releases.

  • feature

Improvement

Issues that will iterate on existing functionality.

  • enhancement
  • optimization

Pending

Issues where action can be taken, but has not yet.

  • under consideration
  • consumable

Inactive

Issues where no actions are needed or possible. The issue is either fixed or addressed better by other issues.

  • invalid
  • won't fix
  • duplicate
  • on hold

Epic

Epics track multiple stories together towards a desired outcome. Each epic should get a label unique to the core concept of the epic, usually 2-3 words. Epics should be labeled with their epic label and the epic label. Each story related to an epic should be labeled with that epic's label.

  • epic

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