mherger;467984 Wrote: 
> fully agreed. I do this when I happen to open such a bug. Everybody
> doesn't like this though. Only a few days ago a reporter complained
> because I closed 'native FLAC on SB1' or similar...
> 
It's your bug tracking system and your product.

Even though some people are going to be disappointed when their
favorite bug is closed I think they are going to be happier in the long
run if they get an indication if you don't plan to fix something. Also,
we will all be happier if there are less irrelevant bugs/enhancements in
bugzilla, it means that you can spend more time implementing new stuff
and less time managing the bug tracking database.

I can only speak for myself, but I would prefer to know as soon as
possible if you don't plan to implement something. If I know it isn't on
your priority list, this is something where a third party plugin/applet
might be suitable. However, if you target it to the currently developed
release, it feels pointless to make a third party solution for it. In
this case it can sometimes be a bit frustrating to have to wait four
releases until you realize that this enhancement is something that
probably isn't going to be implemented.

Maybe it would be a good idea to somehow indicate which
bugs/enhancments that won't be implemented unless you get some time left
at the end ? 
I think everyone that has worked in a software project knows that there
aren't going to be any time left, so if there was an indication like
this we would know that unless someone contributes a patch it isn't
going to be implemented.
I'm not sure if the priority could be used for this ? 
Or is the priority is mostly used the last months before the release
date and not at all in the beginning of a new development cycle ?


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erland

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