From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: 4K Bugs Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 18:34:40 +0200 Message-ID: <83d1tti2xr.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87mvszdp6b.fsf@gnus.org> <567E4ABA.3080803@online.de> <83vb7lijub.fsf@gnu.org> <567EAECD.2070403@online.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451147659 1836 80.91.229.3 (26 Dec 2015 16:34:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 16:34:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jwiegley@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas =?windows-1252?Q?R=F6hler?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 26 17:34:14 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aCrnJ-0003vq-KP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2015 17:34:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39142 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aCrnI-00017o-Ne for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2015 11:34:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44753) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aCrn6-00017W-Nh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2015 11:34:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aCrn5-00032a-Tp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2015 11:34:00 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:51965) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aCrn1-00032G-Fx; Sat, 26 Dec 2015 11:33:55 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1448 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aCrn0-0003Ah-NP; Sat, 26 Dec 2015 11:33:55 -0500 In-reply-to: <567EAECD.2070403@online.de> (message from Andreas =?windows-1252?Q?R=F6hler?= on Sat, 26 Dec 2015 16:14:21 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:196891 Archived-At: > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, jwiegley@gmail.com > From: Andreas Röhler > Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 16:14:21 +0100 > > >> What about getting bugs deleted when not dealt with after some time - > >> while informing the author? > > That's be losing information for no good reason. Every bug report > > provides information about the bug, sometimes the information is very > > valuable, sometimes less so. We shouldn't lose that information so > > easily. It hurts no one to have an old bug in the database. > > Keeping old bugs provides some burden - otherwise the question wouldn't > show up. > > When digging into old bugs don't see a no rule for all, but some > indications: The age of the bug, the changes in the specific > environment, the skill of the investor. > > It would minimize losses if the owner of the bug may keep it alive. I think the balance still tips towards retaining the information. We can always treat old bugs as "logically deleted", if it bothers someone.