On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 11:14:32PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * 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. Your statments are about what's inappropriate with regard to NON-wishlist bugs. Again, how do you justify your answers to these questions using the existing BTS documentation? -- G. Branden Robinson | There is no housing shortage in Debian GNU/Linux | Lincoln today -- just a rumor that branden@debian.org | is put about by people who have http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | nowhere to live. -- G. L. Murfin
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