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Package: bugs.debian.org
Severity: wishlist
Hello,
The discussion started from:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/debian-devel-200401/msg00011.html
triggered the need for this wishlist item about the BTS.
To summarize the discussion, I extract the relevant parts and post them
here:
Anthony DeRobertis:
"How about this: tag the bug wontfix and close it. Then the maintainer
keeps his uncluttered default view, and people who want to see
rejected wishlist bugs can easily search for them."
Colin Watson:
"FWIW, Bugzilla views WONTFIX as a type of bug resolution, so you get
RESOLVED/WONTFIX. By analogy, done/wontfix seems like a sensible state
for a bug in debbugs."
Enrico Zini:
"I like the idea. Some comments:
- It could be useful not to archive done/wontfix bugs, to allow other
people to contribute ideas or motivations in the future: since the
wish has been refused but not satisfied, it seems appropriate to
keep the discussion open.
- There is a need for documenting this behaviour, should it be
accepted, and probably for documenting (and maybe discussing?)
other currently undocumented established practices that have popped
up in these threads.
- It could be useful to implement a view of the wishlist bugs
including done/wontfix bugs, to explore the contributed creativity
that has not made its way into the package."
Branden Robinson:
"Since no one from the BTS admin team replied to this, you might file
it as a wishlist bug against bugs.debian.org."
To summarize even more:
- Implement special handling for done/wontfix tags
- Document this special handling, and possibly also some of the other
established practices that are known by some, lead to gFuckHeads
inclusion of some, but are documented nowhere.
Ciao,
Enrico
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On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 08:10:39PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> I think this request is from before wontfix bugs were set apart in
> the default display. The suggestion to close unresolved but valid
> bugs might have been a workaround for the lack of that feature.
Agreed, I don't think any new way of handling wishlist bugs is
particularly needed nowadays.
Ciao,
Enrico
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