[Python-Dev] Small RFEs and the Bug Tracker

[Georg Brandl]

Nick Coghlan schrieb:
> Facundo Batista wrote:
>> First two definitions of "resolve" from the American Heritage dict:
>> 
>>   1. To make a firm decision about.
>>   2. To cause (a person) to reach a decision.
>> 
>> I think it applies quite well.
> 
> It only tells you that a resolution was reached, not what that 
> resolution was.
> 
> "Resolution: resolved" is meaningless repetition - what matters is *how* 
> the issue was resolved, and simply saying 'resolved' doesn't tell 
> anybody that. 'Fixed', 'accepted', 'invalid', 'rejected' , etc are 
> resolutions since they give you some idea of how the issue was resolved 
> - the only thing missing is a definition of just how they should be used.*
> 
> Now, dropping 'later', 'postponed' and 'remind' from the list of 
> available resolutions is something I could wholeheartedly support. If we 
> want to postpone something to a later release, we should put an 
> appropriate entry in the version list.

+1

Georg


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