How to name a bug?
- by Pieter
Bugs usually receive a descriptive name: "That X-Y synchronization issue", "That crash after actions A, B and D but not C", "Yesterday's update problem". Even the JIRA issue tracker has a field "Summary" instead of "Name".
In discussing "big" bugs, I actually use JIRA id's to prevent confusion.
There's a few restrictions to take into account:
When reporting a bug, only the consequence of a bug is known. The root cause might never even be found.
Several reported bugs might be found out to be duplicates, or might be completely different consequences of the same bug.
In large projects, bugs will come at you by the dozens every month.
Now, how would you name a bug? Name them like hurricanes perhaps?