On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:30:47 +0100 RedShift <redshift@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Damjan Georgievski wrote: > > I find it pretty frustrating that once bugs are closed in > > http://bugs.archlinux.org/ you can no longer add comments. > > The only option you have is request re-opening of the bug, which, I > > guess, would then frustrate the maintainer who closed the bug. > > > > Adding comments to already closed bugs makes sense to me, since the > > *discussion* is almost always not over when it's (too hastily?) > > closed. Sometimes you want to add comments that strengthens the case > > for closing the report, which also means the report will not be > > re-opened in the future. Sometimes you need to supply more > > information. > > > > > > It's a BUG TRACKER, not a FORUM. If you really want to keep > discussing something further, post it to the mailinglist or the > forum. You know, the places that were _made_ for discussion? The > right tool for the right job please! > > Glenn In theory I would agree, but in practice most bugs don't have corresponding threads on the ML/forums. Why would you start a new thread on a different place if you already have a "thread" on the bugtracker? It's simpler, more clear and a bugtracker works just fine for this. I don't really have time to research right now but on first look I couldn't find a setting for this. Dieter
