Hi *, On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 05:36:00PM +0000, Jonathon Blake wrote: > Christian wrote: > > > > It might be assigned to a dummy owner and/or we might use the useless > > > RESOLVED-LATER status for it, but we should not close it. > > I disagree, mainly because of working on the open issues gets easier > > Why not have flags that indicate one of the following:
Because flags are often not that obvious. And when there are too many flags, then people won't use them properly. > i) Feature can not be implemented because of coding problems. > ii) Feature will not, under any circumstances be implemented by Sun. > iii) Feature not cost effective for Sun to implement. Furtheremore the categories you describe won't fit and ii) and iii) don't really make a difference. But most important: Flags don't ease the issue-handling of the other issues. Those OOoPleaseHelp-issues would still be in the way or have to be deselected everytime. With flags this is even more difficult. > > Closing it with an appropriate comment may even result in the > > reporter searching for "independent" developers actively > > That will happen if, and only if the reporter has an understanding of > why the issue was closed. Sure. The best policy is useless if people don't follow it. - But this is true for the flags as well... Setting these flags (and thus putting this issue on hold until someone grabs it) without giving an appropriate comment won't help either. > [...] ciao Christain -- NP: Sepultura - Roots Bloody Roots --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
