From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:51:53 -0800 Message-ID: References: <58d982de0801051050k776e119fp872b0093edcab9a4@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199562717 21428 80.91.229.12 (5 Jan 2008 19:51:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 19:51:57 +0000 (UTC) To: "Gianluca Della Vedova" , Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 05 20:52:16 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JBF41-0003Ya-Kk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:52:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBF3f-0006LQ-3m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:51:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBF3a-0006Io-AE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:51:46 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBF3Y-0006HH-Rv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:51:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBF3Y-0006Gy-GU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:51:44 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBF3Y-0003JY-2d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:51:44 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (rgmgw2.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.111]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m05JpWpF017291; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 12:51:32 -0700 Original-Received: from rcsmt251.oracle.com (rcsmt251.oracle.com [148.87.90.196]) by rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.2.4) with ESMTP id m05BqWEl007452; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 12:51:31 -0700 Original-Received: from 141.144.88.86 by acsmt350.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3479142681199562688; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:51:28 -0800 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <58d982de0801051050k776e119fp872b0093edcab9a4@mail.gmail.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Importance: Normal X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:86221 Archived-At: > Each bug is given a number, and is kept on > file until it is marked as having been dealt with. That *really* sounds like asking for trouble. It deletes the bug history for a bug that someone deemed had been "dealt with"? Hard to believe. Bug histories should never be deleted. It should always be possible to revisit a bug, including to be able to reopen a closed bug.