Bug#484804: developers-reference: please add a suggestion to comment a "wontfix"
On 08/06/08 at 12:22 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 10:26:51AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > On 06/06/08 at 17:28 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > > I therefore suggest adding a sentence to the second paragraph of
> > > bullet (2) in chapter 5.8.3 so that it will say:
> > >
> > > If the bug submitter disagrees with your decision to close
> > > the bug, they may reopen it until you find an agreement on
> > > how to handle it. If you don't find any, you may want to tag
> > > the bug wontfix to let people know that the bug exists but
> > > that it won't be corrected. Please make sure that the bug
> > > submitter understands the reasons for your decision by
> > > adding an explanation to the message that adds the wontfix tag.
> >
> > We have to be careful if we add something like that. Currently, I think
> > that it's generally considered that the maintainer has authority on his
> > packages' bugs, and can handle them the way he wants.
> > Your paragraph:
> > - explicitely gives submitters the right to reopen a bug if they
> > disagree with the maintainer's decision to close a bug.
> > - gives submitter the opportunity to require that a bug with
> > disagreement is left open, tagged wontfix.
>
> Yes, that's what the developer's reference says today. I have only
> added the requirement to explain why a bug was tagged wontfix.
Ah, that's bullet (1), not (2), then.
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