[MeeGo-dev] Bugs being incorrectly closed as INVALID

[Dave Neary]

Hi,

Marius Vollmer wrote:
> ext Graham Cobb <g+meego at cobb.uk.net> writes:
>> It is 
>> not reasonable to use it for genuine and meaningful bug reports even if you 
>> disagree that they are a bug (that is what WONTFIX is for).
> 
> (Actually, no.  IMO, 'invalid' also applies to reports that have a wrong
> "expected result".  Of course, those bugs could be resolved as
> 'notabug'.  In any case, 'wontfix' is for reports where everybody agrees
> that there is something to fix, but it is not gonna happen.)

Regardless of the semantics, "INVALID" means "the reporter did something
wrong", and as such it should be used very, very sparingly.

Often, NEEDINFO is the more appropriate next stop (as in, "I don't
understand your report, perhaps you could elaborate on what you mean by
'...'?").

Cheers,
Dave.

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