Labels are a good way to categorize the tasks. But having too many in an unorganized way results more clutter. Here is my way of labeling issues/tasks. This is the way I organize my tasks in GitHub, GitLab and in Jira.
Area
Indicating the area to which issues belong.
| Label | Description | Color |
| area:optimization | Fine tuning works | |
| area:documentation | ||
| area:security |
Priority
Used to prioritize the issues.
| Label | Description | Color |
| priority:high | Requires immediate attention | |
| priority:medium | Requires attention soon | |
| priority:low | Does not require immediate attention |
Stage
Indicating the current stage of the issue.
| Label | Description | Color |
| stage:investigating | Someone is looking into this | |
| stage:wontfix | Does not regard this as an issue or will not implement this feature | |
| stage:backlog | Prioritized to be picked up in current sprint | |
| stage:proposal | No work has been done of this issue | |
| stage:awaiting response | Potential fix was proposed; awaiting response | |
| stage:pending release | Works associated with this issue is done but not deployed | |
| stage:ready for work | The issue is reproducible and in scope | |
| stage:needs information | Not enough info to reproduce the issue | |
| stage:needs review | Work done but needs review | |
| stage:needs investigating | Someone needs to look at this | |
| stage:work in progress | Someone is working on it | #68db1c |
Stage labels like in progress, backlog etc can be skipped in GitHub if you linked the issue to a project which has relevant columns matching these stages.
Type
Used to categorize the issues.
| Label | Description | Color |
| type:bug | #E54447 | |
| type:chore | Work is required w/ no deliverable to end user | |
| type:duplicate | This issue already exists | |
| type:feature | New feature that does not currently exist | |
| type:question | ||
| type:enhancement | Requested enhancement of existing feature | |
| type:breaking change | Requires a new major release version | |
| type:user experience | Improvements needed for UX |
Colors will be updated later (Or you can suggest).
