Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] FW: [Doug on the Eclipse CDT] New comment

[Igor Fedorenko <ifedorenko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to clarify on terminology I used/implied. WONTFIX is a real
problem which won't be fixed for lack of interest and/or resources.
INVALID when the system works as designed.

--
Regards,
Igor


On 2013-07-13 12:57 AM, Ed Merks wrote:
> Igor,
>
> I think it's even stronger than that.  In the end, WONTFIX shouldn't
> mean "I don't have time or I don't feel like it" but rather "it's
> working as designed and changing it isn't what I believe is
> appropriate".  As such, even if someone provided a "fix," that's not
> what's desired.   Committers have the right and in fact an obligation to
> maintain design integrity; sometimes that annoys people.    In any case,
> we're not obligated to spend every waking moment of every day to fix
> every reported problem, though it sometimes feels that way....
>
> Regards,
> Ed
>
>
> On 12/07/2013 7:26 PM, Igor Fedorenko wrote:
> > How is this going to help? In most/all cases bugs are not fixed because
> > nobody comes forward with quality fixes. Weather somebody says "it needs
> > to be fixed" does not matter unless his/her words are backed up by the
> > code.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Igor
> >
> > On 2013-07-12 11:50 PM, Ed Willink wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Get a committer from a related but independent project to review the
> > > Bugzilla discussion to form a less prejudiced on view on whether the
> > > WONTFIX is justified.
> > >
> > >      Regards
> > >
> > >          Ed Willink
> > >
> > > On 12/07/2013 17:25, Doug Schaefer wrote:
> > > > It is. And I'm sure there are hate sites for every tool people use.
> > > > Eclipse isn't unique that way.
> > > >
> > > > My point is that user experience is so important to our success, we
> > > > need to be sensitive to the issues our users are facing. There are a
> > > > lot of such issues marked WONTFIX, and CDT is as guilty of that as
> > > > anyone. I'm just wondering how we fix it.
> > > >
> > > > Doug.
> > >
> > >
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