Re: Tags in the commitfest app: How to use them and what tags to add?

On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM Jelte Fennema-Nio <me@jeltef.nl> wrote:
> I think maybe we
> should show the search/filter bar by default, because I keep
> forgetting it exists and I continue to use regular Ctrl+F instead.

Hmm, I think I agree.

> I quite dislike the current topic system.

Me too. :)

> Unsurprisingly, people don't always update this version throughout the
> years. So a label that was meant one way, might suddenly start to mean
> something completely else.
>
> Then there's "stable", which afaict is a way of saying something needs
> to be backported? But it's currently unknown yet how far exactly.

I view it as "all applicable stable branches", yes.

> So a PROPOSAL to clarify the version column:
> 1. Rename "stable" to "backport"
> 2. Add some info to the help page, and the label
> 3. Introduce a "current" and a "next" version, those might still
> reflect an outdated state, but at least they don't start to mean
> different things when they are not being updated.

During beta, what's "current" and what's "next"? What's the motivation
to put something in "next" rather than just leaving it blank?

--Jacob