Is bugzilla worth keeping?

[Shachar Shemesh]

Mike Hearn wrote:

>I talked to Dimi, Lionel and Alexandre on IRC about this.
>
>This is what they had to say:
>
>Lionel didn't think it should be scrapped however he proposed a
>system whereby bugs that didn't have any activity for two releases or
>more would be automatically closed. If you wanted to keep a bug open
>users would have to post reports of behaviour with current releases.
>  
>
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236

Summary: Marcus was apparently of the same opinion. I, obviously, am not.

I use bugzilla as a tool to keep track of my "todo" list. If there is a 
place where I suspect a certain behaviour is broken, I open a bug report 
(knowing it will only be me who will have to "confirm" it... :-), and 
leave it "unconfirmed".

I think asking us (wine developers) to move at the same pace Alexandre 
is releasing is unrealistic. The idea is to make bugzilla more friendly 
to us, not less.

I see why user-opened bugs could benefit from this policy, but 
developers opened bugs should probably not. Of all the BiDi related 
bugs, I think 1235 is the only place where a bug MAY have disappeared 
"by itself".

             Shachar

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