LABELS

Labels are used to organize our issues and PRs.

We should change the labels of issues and PRs when their status changes.

Status Labels

Labels to indicate the status of a specific issue or PR. These are the most important labels as they tell us in which stage a specific item is at the moment at a glance.

You can filter issues that are missing status labels using this filter: is:issue is:open -label:confirmed -label:not-ready -label:in-discussion -label:needs-reproduction -label:ready -label:in-development -label:pending-tests -label:waiting-feedback

Stage 1

confirmed: We want to fix or implement it
not-ready: Something is missing, we are not able to work on this issue yet
in-discussion: We are still discussing how to solve or implement it
needs-reproduction: We can't reproduce so it's blocked
invalid: We don't need to analyze

Stage 2

ready: We've decided how to solve or implement it
in-development: We are already working on it

Stage 3

pending-tests: Tests are not passing, stuck or we need new tests
waiting-feedback: It's implemented but we need feedback that it is working as expected

Classification Labels

Assign a classification (via GH labels) that enables the community to determine how to prioritize which issues to work on. The classification is based on Severity x Impact .

Severity

[Severity:has-workaround, Severity:production, Severity:blocks-development]

If there is a workaround, apply the Severity:has-workaround label.
If the issue affects production apps, apply the Severity:production label.
If the issue blocks development (e.g meteor run is broken), apply the Severity:blocks-development label.

Impact

[Impact:few, Impact:some, Impact:most]

This is a somewhat subjective label and is interpreted in conjunction with Github's upvotes. As a general guideline:

Impact:few issues would go unnoticed by almost all users, apart from those using a very niche feature, or a feature in an unusual way.
Impact:some issues would impact users using a feature that is commonly but not universally used.
Impact:most issues would impact more or less every user of the framework.

Type

[Type:Bug, Type:Feature]

As a general guideline:

Type:Bug a problem is happening because of an issue in Meteor code.
Type:Feature a new behavior or functionality is desired.

Project Labels

They start with Project: and they are used to inform the parts of Meteor that are involved in this item.

Special Labels

good first issue: Used to indicate items friendly to beginners in Meteor
hacktoberfest-accepted: Used to indicate items accepted for Hacktoberfest