Tom Lane wrote:
"Mike A. Harris" <mharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Tom Lane wrote:
Is there a reason not to leave such bugs in NEEDINFO state forever?
Yes. Then there are 100000 bugs open forever, that will never
be addressed.
Fair enough. What about adding a resolution category "closed for lack
of information", which we could use if something stays in NEEDINFO
too long? Or I suppose we could use WORKSFORME ...
Still sounds like a negative response to me. Any negative statements
should be inverted and made positive.
CLOSED->REQUIRES_MORE_INFORMATION
Semantically similar to "NEEDINFO", but this one is essentially
"CLOSED->NEEDINFO" rather than OPEN_STILL->NEEDINFO, so different.
Another one could be: CLOSED->REQUIRES_RESPONSE
And another useful one would be: CLOSED->EXTERNAL_ISSUE
(for things that might indeed be bugs, but are not OUR bug.
Various bugzillas have a NOTOURBUG resolution for this,
but that is negative/reactive, whereas EXTERNAL_ISSUE is
pointing out what the problem is, rather than what it isn't.)
