Re: dangerous handling of security bugs

2010/7/14 Dirk Haun <dirk@haun-online.de>: > Am 13.07.2010 um 17:12 Uhr schrieb Ferenc Kovacs: > >> it would be an interesting to check how many bugs were first marked as >> bogus then re-opened and fixed. > > I've been wondering for a while now if much of the emotional reaction to bugs being closed > as "bogus" is due to that very word. I mean, the reporter obviously put some work into the > bug report and the issue was apparently important enough for them to even bother opening a bug > report in the first place. And then, after all this effort, the verdict is that it's > "bogus". > > Can't really think of a good alternative right now. But if a bug was closed with a more > neutral "can't reproduce", "works as designed" or something like that then > maybe there wouldn't be such strong reactions? > > Just an observation from the side lines ... > > bye, Dirk Interesting point! "expected behavior" ? Patrick