On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 08:40:10PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Using 'close' to close bugs, especially those which arn't really fixed but > > just no longer useful, is WRONG. The submitter only gets the subject line, > > and that's hardly nice. Especially when you tell people "this is a dead > > package, we won't help you, go find something else". > > No, the submitter doesn't even get the subject line.
They do. For example: Subject: Bug#99353 acknowledged by developer (Closing some ITP.) -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.