I think that there is a problem of concept. If a bug is marked INVALID,
it's because it is not a real bug. Marking a bug NOCHANGE or
NOCHANGEREQUIRED, not only overlaps with other resolutions, but fails to
better explain the reason why the bug was closed, whereas INVALID indeed
means that the reported bug is simply not a bug or that it was reported
to the wrong place.
Even though it might look harsh to the user to get such a resolution,
it's also harsh for the developers to have to handle bugs that are not
related to them.
Still, changing the name from INVALID to NOTABUG + NOTOURBUG does make
sense, as the meaning doesn't get lost.
Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:14:38 +0100
Marius Mauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:34:21 +0100
"Kevin F. Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
People reporting bugs often get annoyed when their bug is marked
INVALID; especially when they're relatively new to the Gentoo
Experience. We've all seen it many times, I'm sure.
Arguably no bug is invalid in the normal sense - if someone raises
an issue, they have an issue, regardless what we think of it. To
that end I'd like to propose bugzilla be reconfigured to use the
phrase "NOCHANGE" instead of "INVALID". NOCHANGE would indicate
that whatever the original issue, no change is needed on our part to
resolve the issue.
_If_ it's changed then please to something else, NOCHANGE would
overlap with other values (WONTFIX, CANTFIX, WORKSFORME) and isn't
that obvious to me at least. A fake resolution that's mentioned on
IRC from time to time is NOTABUG which would fit better here.
Well, I meant for NOCHANGE to be "no change needed", but figured
NOCHANGEREQUIRED is a bit longwinded. It implies the issue is
understood, it has been explained to the bug reporter, but requires no
change to anything:
CANTFIX: the problem exists, but no sensible way to fix it exists
WONTFIX: the problem exists, but for some reason it won't be fixed
WORKSFORME: can't replicate
NOCHANGE: no change needed
The problem I have with NOTABUG is pretty much the same problem I have
with INVALID - it's not as severe, but it still does the same thing to
the user (i.e. slaps him with a wet fish rather than a frozen one).
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