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It's not possible to pursue development of the issue because of problems. Issues that are permanently blocked should be tagged with "Dead."

A permanently blocked issue. It might come back to life, but ... it's not likely.

Issues which are currently in a state of planning and preparation, where requirements are being discussed and specifications being written.

Issues that are currently in the planning stage

Issues that will be tackled at some future point (probably in a month)

Issue is a duplicate of another issue and adds nothing (or very little) that is new

Fix it!!! Highest priority issues which are preventing other work from being done.

This is important, do it now!

Issue which should be moved into development using a normal process.

Low priority development item. Represents a nice to have which we might get too (eventually).

Describe how something should be done so that when you start, you don't make a mess

Currently being worked on, expect updates soon ...

The feature has been implemented and is waiting to be reviewed or otherwise just hanging out. (Another way of saying, almost done.)

The issue has been implemented, prepared, and packaged. It is currently waiting on the results of testing (unit, integration, functional, or production) before being closed. Basically, really almost done (for real).

Issues that are queued to be worked on now (but are not currently in development)

Involves the operations of the technology. Might be related to platform, configuration, or runtime environment.

Examples, architectural explanations, and reference. Stuff needed to effectively use the software that has been created.

The first time you attempt to do something, you'll get it wrong, so build a prototype first. (Another way of saying we might not know how to do this.)

This task should be performed by a machine in a repeatable and robust manner.