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Documentation bugs

The Documentation team tracks all its work through bugs. This section includes the detailed overview of documentation bugs specifics.

Bugs differ depending on:

  • The way they are filed:
    • Manually
    • Automatically (through the DocImpact flag)
  • The required changes:
    • Fix spelling errors or formatting
    • Update existing content
    • Add new content

Note

To work on documentation bugs, join the openstack-doc-bugs team on Launchpad. For more information, see first_timers_quickstart.

Go through the triaging process and look for possible duplicate bugs before working on a bug. Do not work on a documentation bug until it is set to Confirmed. Ideally, another person has to confirm the bug for you. Once the changes are made in a patch, they are reviewed and approved, just like other OpenStack code.

To pick up a documentation bug or mark a bug as related to the documentation, go to: the aggregated list of documentation bugs from all OpenStack projects.

DocImpact

When adding code that affects documentation (for example, to add a new parameter), the developer adds a DocImpact flag. This flag automatically files a bug in the system explaining what needs to be done. For more information, see: Documentation/DocImpact.

Launchpad projects and repositories

The Documentation team uses two projects for tracking documentation bugs across OpenStack:

  • Launchpad bug area openstack-manuals is the default one for doc bugs and should be used for docs sourced from these repositories:
    • clouddocs-maven-plugin
    • ha-guide
    • openstackdocstheme
    • openstack-doc-tools
    • openstack-manuals
    • operations-guide
    • security-doc
  • Launchpad bug area openstack-api-site is used for the api-site API repository.

Doc bug triaging guidelines

Bug triaging is the process of reviewing new bugs, verifying whether a bug is valid or not, and gathering more information about it. Before being triaged, all the new bugs have the status New, and importance Undecided. Here are the definitions for available options for Status and Importance columns of any bug.

Status:

  • New - Recently logged by a non-triaging person.
  • Incomplete - Needs additional information before it can be triaged.
  • Opinion - Does not fit the project but can still be discussed.
  • Invalid - Not an issue for docs.
  • Won't Fix - Documentation fixes won't fix the issue.
  • Confirmed - Acknowledged that it is a documentation bug.
  • Triaged - Comments in the bug indicate its scope and amount of work to be done.
  • In Progress - Someone is working on it.
  • Fix Committed - A fix is in the repository; Gerrit sets this automatically. Do not set this manually.
  • Fix Released - A fix is published to the site.

Note

Since all documentation is released directly on docs.openstack.org, the "Fix Committed" status is deprecated. If a patch contains the line "Closes-Bug: #12345" (see git commit messages for details), our CI infrastructure automatically sets the bug to "Fix Released" once the patch is merged.

Importance:

  • Critical - Data will be lost if this bug stays in; or it is so bad that we are better off fixing it than dealing with all the incoming questions about it. Also items on the website itself that prevent access are Critical doc bugs.
  • High - Definitely need docs about this or a fix to current docs; docs are incomplete without this. Work on these first if possible.
  • Medium - Need docs about this within a six-month release timeframe.
  • Low - Docs are fine without this but could be enhanced by fixing this bug.
  • Wishlist - Not really a bug but a welcome change. If something is wrong with the doc, mark the bug as Low rather than Wishlist.
  • Undecided - Recently logged by a non-triaging person or requires more research before deciding its importance.

Tags for doc bugs

Depending on the area a bug affects, it has one or more tags. For example:

  • low-hanging-fruit for documentaion bugs that are straightforward to fix. If you are a newcomer, this is a way to start.
  • sec guide, install guide, ops-guide, and other for specific guides.
  • doc-builds for documentation bugs that are in the documentation build tool chain, such as the Sphinx theme, openstackdocstheme.

Bugs for third-party drivers

Bugs to update tables for the configuration references use the tag autogenerate-config-docs.

For updates of specific sections or adding of new drivers, follow the specification Proprietary driver docs in openstack-manuals and assign the bug to the contact person that is mentioned on the Vendor driver page. If this is a new driver with no documentation yet, assign the bug to the committer of the change that triggered the bug report, mark it as Wishlist and ask the committer to read and follow the specification and handle it since the documentation team will not document third-party drivers.

Doc bug categories

To help with bug fixing, use these quick links to pick a certain subset of bugs: