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Re: Reporting bugs: there is nothing to gain in frustrating reporters
* Gabriel Dos Reis:
> Scott Robert Ladd <scott.ladd@coyotegulch.com> writes:
>
> | Giovanni Bajo wrote:
> | > Agreed. But keep in mind that it is not necessary to reply: once the bug is
> | > open and confirmed, the last comment "wins", in a way. If the bugmaster
> | > wanted to close it, he would just do it, so an objection in a comment does
> | > not make the bug invalid per se.
> |
> | But an objection from one of the bugmasters *is* enough to keep people
> | from presenting a patch.
>
> Well, I'm not sure. If the report is closed, then you're right.
Not necessarily, wrongly closed reports are reopened in my experience
(and not by the submitter 8-).