Hi Luke,
On Mon, 13 May 2013, Luke Sneeringer wrote:
On May 13, 2013, at 10:06 AM, AK <[email protected]> wrote:
WONTFIX does sound rude to me, as well. Perhaps 'onholdindefinite' can
be used instead, the effective meaning is the same, just the term
itself is more polite. It seems that nobody looking at it would think
"I'll just wait for a while and surely it'll get fixed.". Instead,
anyone needing it would think "If it is to be fixed, it's clear someone
has to make a case for it." -ak
Note: "won't fix" is used on many bug systems, not just Django. So, in
choosing to go for a euphemism, you're also (unintentionally)
obfuscating, because you're subtly communicating that it's somehow
different than the standard "won't fix".
I think it *IS* different to the standard "won't fix". The standard one
implies "won't fix EVER" to me, whereas I think the way Django uses this
status is "won't fix until someone persuades on the mailing list." Which
could be expressed better than that, I'm sure. I did suggest a couple of
other options: NEEDINFO and DISCUSSION. I could suggest some more:
ITSAPONY? JUSTIFY?
I think we're lucky to have a community where it's possible to persuade
the BDFLs to change their minds, and unlucky to have an unfriendly-looking
bug tracker which dissuades people from trying.
Cheers, Chris.
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