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23.0.60; Customize "not marked HIDDEN" is unclear

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From: Deniz Dogan <deniz <at> dogan.se>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1477: 23.0.60; Customize "not marked HIDDEN" is unclear
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:21:49 +0200

On 2011-07-10 23:58, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> "Drew Adams"<drew.adams <at> oracle.com>  writes:
>
>> It should have simply been closed, which records it as a _bug_ that
>> has been _fixed_.  It should not have been recorded as `notabug'.
>
> I thought "fixed" was if it was fixed as a result of the bug report, and
> "notabug" was if it turned out (when investigated) that the report
> reported something that wasn't a bug (ever or still).
>
> Perhaps we need a third flag, like
> "probablyabugatthetimeitwasreportedbutnotabugwhensomeonelookedatthebugreport"?
>
> Or perhaps just close it without a flag.  Opinions?
>

If it was once a bug but was fixed before someone looked at the bug 
report, "fixed" seems appropriate to me.

Deniz

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