OpenJDK uses a system for deciding the priority of open bugs. It's based on concepts of Impact, Likelihood and Workaround for an issue, and in levels ranging from High through Medium to Low.
- Impact meaning how badly it affects a customer, with high being system unusable / data loss etc.
- Likelihood meaning how likely a customer is to encounter the issue, with High meaning that it's a virtual certainty.
- Workaround meaning how easy it is to workaround the issue, with High meaning that it is virtually impossible to find a tractable workaround.
This means that there are 27 (3^3) combinations of these, mapping to the standard P1 through P5 issue priorities in the Java Bug System.
The mappings are:
If you find any errors, please update the source spreadsheet.
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