Is there value in closing bugs vs just resolving?

[Katherine Marsden]

I noticed in backport efforts or Jira Maintenance that dealing with 
closed bugs is kind of a pain.  In order to just add a label, fix a 
component or an affects version, you have to reopen it, do the operation 
and then re-resolve the issue as three separate operations. When doing 
bulk update the results of the query being used often change once the 
issues are reopened meaning manual lists to keep track.

Is there real value in closing bugs vs just resolving?    If not it 
would be great to just  leave issues  resolved but unclosed.

Thanks

Kathey