I cannot reproduce this which means that your setup something must be
resetting this variable. Possibilities:
- there is a (setq org-log-done t) still in .emacs
- You have toggled logging twice from the menu before using it. This
would set it to t - sort-of a bug, yes.
- #+STARTUP:
Carsten,
Here's a patch that adds a new option
org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines. If set to t (default nil), the
global todo list does not display deadlines which are closer than
org-deadline-warning-days, because such deadlines will be displayed by
the agenda anyway. Besides, it fixes a bug