I suppose that depends on the particular project. From the sounds of it, the discussion is about removing LATER as a resolution option across the entire database, including some projects that do have specific people driving development (some extensions, for instance). There is also absolutely no reason newcomers or others couldn't do a search for postponed bugs, and use that as a jumping off point for contributing to a project. You aren't removing that option to contribute from anyone.
Yes, you could arguably just keep it open, but that gets into the same issue as stuffing everything into WONTFIX, where it is making it more difficult to track which bugs are fresh, and which are extant bugs you'd like to get to, but either don't have cycles for or are otherwise blocked. The point of having the additional granularity is to make it easier to keep the database organized. Nabil On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Isarra Yos <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/11/2012 16:02, Nabil Maynard wrote: > >> Personally, I like having a "Postponed"/"Later" resolution at least >> available. >> >> WONTFIX = We acknowledge this is a valid bug, but are choosing not to fix >> it due to time and resources necessary to fix it. We will not be >> revisiting this bug unless it is re-raised by others. >> LATER = We acknowledge this is a valid bug, and we agree that it should be >> fixed, but don't have time right now. We will be voluntarily revisiting >> this soon. >> > If that's what later means, then why mark it at all? These are big > projects, and are others or even newcomers later who may indeed have the > time, so why remove that option from everyone? > > Open bugs don't hurt anything, do they? > > -- > -— Isarra > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
