Subject: RE: bug#11430: 24.0.96; Customizing `inverse-video' has no effect on session

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 08:33:34 -0700 (PDT)

> The variable hasn't worked for 20 years (apparently), and this is the
> only bug report about it, which is perhaps a hint that we should just
> remove it.

It doesn't follow that we should remove it.
A bug is a bug.  Better to keep this bug open.
Someday, perhaps, Someone(TM) will be motivated
and find a way to fix it.  And if not, so what?

What harm does it do to keep a report open for
a recognized bug?  When it comes to free software
and its volunteers, no one's career is boosted by
just reducing a bug count as an end in itself.
Or am I missing something?