Any bug that was reported on a previous version and now works should be resolved to FIXED. Then it should be verified.
I disagree... this is what WORKSFORME is for... unless you know what fixed it. A variety of things may have happened since the initial report (from a site changing its code to work around the problem to mozilla code not following the same code path, to the bug actually being fixed you just don't know by what code). I generally avoid fixed unless I have a patch or a bonsai query or something to refer to.
No, WFM should only be used within a short period after the bug is filed IMO, using the original build or something close to it. If you're looking at a bug from 2002, and it was previously demonstrated to be broken, but now it works, then it was obviously fixed in the mean time. Even if you don't know WHAT fixed it, even if the person who fixed it didn't know about the bug, it's still FIXED.
It's important because if JoeUser files a bug, and no one fixes it intentionally, and then sometime later it's WFM'd then it makes it look as if JoeUser is filing bogus bugs. That's why Fixed is better. Some people pay attention to these things, and care how many bugs X Y or Z person files and how many of them are valid vs. bogus.
The problem is that when ever I'm capable of saying what caused the fix I will mention it but since most of the bugs I looked trough are from mid 2002 I'm absolutely not capable of looking for what patch fixed it. I think the best is to just assume it's fixed when Camino went to the Mozilla trunk.
What if we were to double check every bug with two separate nightly builds, wouldn't that proof the bug is FIXED instead of WorksForMe?
I'm pretty sure all the bugs I checked and said "Can't reproduce" are pretty much fixed. Keeping them open would only cause massive amounts of paperwork for later. Just set them to fixed and when ever somebody files a bug that is similar reopen it?
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