Re: Change bug tracker "bogus" to "not-bug"?

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Paul Dragoonis <dragoonis@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Christopher Jones > <christopher.jones@oracle.com> wrote: >> >> >> On 01/24/2012 03:11 PM, Justin Martin wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> With some frequency, I find bugs which are not "bogus", so much as they >>> are reported based on a misunderstanding. Usually this happens for >>> documentation problems, where someone has misunderstood what the >>> documentation says, or hasn't read the documentation >>> thoroughly enough. >>> >>> I'd like to propose simply changing the term "bogus" to >>> "not-bug". This >>> would more politely and clearly indicate the nature of the way the bug is >>> being closed, in addition to the comment that one ordinarily leaves. >>> >>> Those I've spoken to in php.doc agree. Any objections? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Justin Martin >>> >> >> I'm +1 on this.  It's time for a new, more collaborative approach. > > Sure, I'll +1 on this. The "bogus" implies "RTFM, bitch", which > isn't > professional at all :-) I've felt this way for a long time. Big +1 on changing this. Cheers, --Matthew