-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Emmet Hikory wrote: > A month ago, an official list of Bug status values was published > on launchpad [1]. Without a discussion of the appropriate > classification of the various statuses that are used to track bugs > that may someday be fixed, I would like to hear if other MOTUs would > find an additional rejection status would be useful, defined as > follows: > > "Deferred" > > This status indicates that while this bug is valid, and there is > sufficient information to understand the cause, there is no current > intention to fix the problem by the project against which the bug is > reported. Deferred is meant to capture the cases where a reporter's > request is unlikely to be addressed in the project, and the reporter > would do well to pursue other channels in parallel. > > "Deferred" is distinct from "Invalid" in that an "Invalid" bug > represents a case where a bug doesn't represent something that can be > fixed, whereas "Deferred" bugs could be fixed, but nobody is going to > do it. > > "Deferred" is distinct from "Won't Fix" in that "Won't Fix" represents > a case where either the perceived problem or recommended solution is > contrary to the plans of the project, or the scope of the issue is > beyond the ability of the project to complet, whereas "Deferred" bugs > represent soluable issues. > Could this status also be used for cases of "This is a legitimate bug, but the project developer does not have the knowledge necessary to fix it at this time. You may need to wait a while until they do, or it may be more efficient to offer a bounty to someone else, in which case the developer would be happy to take their patch."? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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