Hi, that's the commonly used (and existing) "Feedback" status, but often this won't lead to the required feedback.
johannes On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 08:38 +0100, Ron Korving wrote: > Why not add another bug-status called "incomplete" or something, and append > a standard message saying "Please study the bug-reporting guidelines in > order to write complete and accurate bug reports."? I think this tiny > addition to tagging something "bogus" would make a lot of bug reporters > happier and it might make them fix their bug report. > > -- Ron > > > "Rasmus Lerdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Richard Lynch wrote: > >> On Sat, November 11, 2006 7:37 am, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > >>> helping to get rid of bogus reports or translating the really bad > >>> reports into a simple reproducable test case is often the part that > >> > >> This is a plea for not being quite so bogus-trigger-happy as we have > >> in the past. > >> > >> Many correct, if incomplete, bug reports get quickly labeled "bogus" > >> with no real research, and that only makes it even harder for anybody > >> to do anything useful... > >> > >> I know it's [hard] work to wade through those things, to some degree, > >> but you make your life more miserable with incorrect assessment. :-) > >> > >> Please do not take this request amiss! It is an attempt, however > >> small, to make your life better, not to complain about your efforts! > > > > I think lagging 6-12 months behind on bug reports would be much worse. > > If the bug report is incomplete and isn't likely to lead to a resolution > > I think it is better to let the reporter know sooner rather than later. > > The fact that we only have 2 or 3 people regularly looking at these and > > the flow of them is ever increasing doesn't leave us with much choice > > here. If more people helped out we could spend more time on each one, > > but until that happens, the quick-bogus is going to continue. > > > > -Rasmus > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
