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Re: Regression count, and how to keep bugs around forever
- From: Paul Brook <paul at codesourcery dot com>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Cc: "Steven Bosscher" <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>, hp at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:11:11 +0000
- Subject: Re: Regression count, and how to keep bugs around forever
- References: <571f6b510712181659w64b16ae5ndc32b38de6f5c56c@mail.gmail.com>
> So I'm asking for a policy here that says when it is OK to resolve old
> bug without progress as WONTFIX or SUSPENDED. Start shooting.
I think this would be a big mistake to reuse an existing state for this.
If/when someone does start caring about that particular feature it'll be
impossible for them to distinguish between bugs that have been deliberately
closed (typically because the cure is worse than the disease), and those that
you've closed through apathy.
Paul