On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:30:08 +0300 (EEST), Juha wrote:
Why would I want to clone a bz ticket if I did not want to fix the bug in anything other than Rawhide?
Because it's a database of release's bugs, not a todo list?
Is that an answer or a question?
Anyone who wants to search the database can do so and cover _closed_ tickets in addition to open ones. I don't see the need to keep tickets open (or clone them) in cases where a status such as WONTFIX, RAWHIDE or UPSTREAM is appropriate.
I could be wrong of course, please correct me if I am. Considering that existing and remaining bugs are closed (when reported upstream) thou suggest that it actually is a todo list.
I always thought that the bugzilla is for whole community, including the users. Not just for pkg maintainers.
Not every ticket immediately is a todo item (e.g. some only track defects till something definite is found out), but those tickets that are answered by the pkg maintainer with some action may get _closed_, with the pkg maintainer having the final word about whether there will be an update. Reporters (and potential contributors), who think they know better, are free to propose a feasible solution.