On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 12:58:25PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > I agree entirely. What drives *me* batty in turn is when people take a > confirmed, complete report, ask why it hasn't been fixed yet, and close > it as invalid because obviously something that's been around for a > couple of releases can't be relevant any more. Or when people reject > perfectly valid and complete wishlist bugs (note that it usually takes a > lot less for a wishlist bug to be complete) because they should be > specifications (they shouldn't, in most cases) or just because they're > wishlist. As a developer, I wish I didn't have to spend time checking my > bug mail just to make sure that well-intentioned but mistaken triagers > aren't taking items off my to-do list that I want to stay there.
Something appears to have flagged all inactive bugs as invalid. Apart from generating a ridiculous quantity of email for no obviously good reason, a pile of perfectly valid wishlist bugs or issues that require further work in the rest of the distribution first have suddenly closed. Who on earth thought that this was a good idea? -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
