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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Change bug tracker "bogus" to "not-bug"?
From: christopher.jones@oracle.com (Christopher Jones)



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.

Chris

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