Re: Bug#224742 acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#224742: Related to this issue...)

[Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@raw.no>]

* Branden Robinson 

| On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 12:25:28PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
| > * Branden Robinson 
| > | So, the "wontfix" tag is inapplicable to wishlist bugs by definition?
| > 
| > No, but the maintainer can choose to close the bug instead.
| 
| And he cannot make this choice with non-wishlist bugs?  Is it
| inappropriate to close a non-wishlist bug instead of tagging it wontfix?

Yes, that's inappropriate, since it is a bug, but you say that it's
not.  Wishlist bugs aren't bugs, they are wishlist requests.  If you
tag a normal bug wontfix it means that you agree that it's a bug, but
it won't be fixed (for instance due to design choices or other
circumstances).

| How do you justify your answers to these questions using the existing
| BTS documentation?

The BTS docs doesn't document how wishlist bugs should be handled very
well, so it's mostly the maintainer's choice,and tradition which says
how to handle wishlist requests.

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