RE: [PHP-DEV] Bugsystem status codes (Was: Re: #21659 [Com]: spri ntf)

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Ford, Mike [LSS] wrote: > > Two exactly the same bugs were posted one minute after eachother > > from persons on the same domain. > > (Grits teeth) But it's still a duplicate report! No, it was merely a co-worker which wanted to focus more attention on the bug of his friend. > > > > bogus: submitted twice after each other, or by the same person on the > > same topic; it's not a bug, but a support question. The reason > > should always be noted in the comments > > That's very confusing - there's really two different stauses in that > definition, which I think is the crux of the problem. The first definition > really needs a new status such as "Repeat", which is otherwise treated like > Bogus. But this definition is interesting, because I think some responders > are not respecting the "by the same person" part. > > > dupli: almost the same bug, both bugs are found 'duplicate' later on > > and have both useful information > > Yes, fair enough. I just get the feeling that, lately, the balance has > tipped too far towards labelling repeat reports Bogus -- personally, I think That's only because we get more and more stupid bogus bug reports. > H'mmm, interesting -- I don't think I've ever seen that list before -- > certainly not linked from anywhere obvious such as > http://bugs.php.net/, or > http://bugs.php.net/search.php. Perhaps a "what happens > to bug reports" > sort of link would be useful on the bugs front page, to complement "How to > report a bug"? Feel free to make a patch to php-bugs-web. Derick -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ PHP Magazine - PHP Magazine for Professionals http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------