GNU bug report logs - #47854
debbugs-gnu to not bugs tag as fixed when closing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:15:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: debbugs-gnu to not bugs tag as fixed when closing
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 20:14:22 -0400

Package: emacs
Severity: wishlist

I wish debbugs-gnu did not tag bugs as fixed when it closes them.
This is a misuse of the fixed tag, which should only be applied to open bugs.
The purpose of the fixed tag is:
   "This bug is fixed or worked around, but there's still an issue that
    needs to be resolved."

A closed bug can by default be assumed to be fixed, so tagging it fixed
is at best redundant, and most likely a nuisance, since if the bug is
later found to still occur you can't just reopen the report, you have to
remember to untag it as well.
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