On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 04:18:41PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Ben Hutchings wrote:
>
> > If you can't test it, what good does it to reopen the bug?
>
> It is a real bug and I have no reason to believe it was fixed.
It *was* a real bug and you have no reason to believe it is not fixed.
> Meanwhile the submitter has said that as soon as circumstances allow,
> he'll test it. Is the bug doing harm by sitting open?
New submitters are expected to look through existing bug reports. The
BTS can take over a minute to generate a summary of all reports in
linux-2.6. Yes, stale bug reports do harm.
> Perhaps
> someone should lower the severity to wishlist to keep it off your
> radar?
If it is a real, live bug then it is important. If not, it should be
closed. Changing the severity is just silly.
Ben.
> I just want the bug to be fixed and believe the bug tracking
> system is a useful way to track work towards bringing that about.
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- Albert Camus
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