On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 20:14:30 +0200 Dieter Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Casey Duncan wrote at 2004-4-29 22:19 -0400: > >I'm happy to report a successful bug day with a final tally of almost > >40 issues closed. The specific issues we squashed were: > > > >#28,#181,#321,#340,#349,#439,#444,#495,#511,#532,#540,#543, > >#544,#545,#546,#553,#562,#574,#584,#602,#637,#644,#654,#658,#666, > >#678,#724,#800,#810,#811,#875,#1003,#1042,#1050,#1148,#1227,#1298, > >#1300. > > However, you closed (at least one) bug reports without resolving the > the issue. > > I do not think this is good practice... > > Bug reports should remain open until they are either fixed > or can no longer occur. They should not be closed just because you > do not plan to fix them in the near future... If a bug will not be fixed, judged by:: - The bug description - The time it has remain open without action - The lack of a patch provided for the bug - The lack of assignment or interest of a sponsor This means it is an unsponsored bug. It should not remain open forever. The bug collector is not a substitute for documentation and issues that will never be resolved should be closed. Otherwise it wastes the time of volunteer bug-fixers. I think the current collector is a bit flawed in the available statuses. There is no specific way to denote an issue as "won't fix" which means that it is possibly a bug, but either it is not fixable, is not deemed worth fixing, cannot be fixed with the information provided, or nobobdy has fixed it for years so it's not gonna happen. I chose to reject the bug hoping that it would cause a reaction, which it did. I'll admit that "reject" is not exactly the right status, however the right status is not currently an option for the collector. Since I can see you feel strongly about this issue, please feel welcome to reopen to bug or change it to a status that better suits it. At this point I see no chance of it being fixed without a champion, however. -Casey _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
