On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 02:52:44PM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen via Mutt-dev wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 01:17:50PM +0100, Rene Kita wrote: > > The issue tracker should only have open items that are confirmed bugs or > > bug reports being triaged and feature requests where someone agreed to > > work on. > > > says who?
As your attribution line clearly states: me. > i for one think that a feature request that has been closed is a clear "not > welcome here, don't bother" message. adding a comment that says the opposite > is just confusing. Like I wrote somewhere upthread, I think those issues should never have been opened and that's why it is OK to close them without being resolved. [...] > > We should make it clear to users that the correct way to request a > > feature is not to open an issue, but to contact the developers through > > the mailing list and discuss it beforehand. Only after it is discussed > > and agreed on that it's worth having it as a feature request someone > > should open an issue. > > > ehm. > "let's make it as hard as possible. hopefully this will discourage people > from actually doing it." It's not about making it hard, but about setting expectations straight when you have limited resources. > also, how exactly does that solve the issue under discussion? It does not, but it will prevent such situations in the future. Note: Everything above is only 'IMHO'. I'm stating my opinion in the hope that we get a productive discussion on here.
