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[Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Martin Pool <mbp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 25 March 2010 01:13, Deryck Hodge <deryck.hodge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> The question I'm interested in getting help with here will make more
>> sense if you look at the LEP first:
>>
>> https://dev.launchpad.net/LEP/CloseBugsLeaveDiscussionsOpen
>
> That sounds good.  I would suggest DISCUSSION too.
>
> Perhaps the LEP can also specify how this status would behave.  After
> all it's already quite possible to continue discussion on a wontfix
> bug.  Is it the same as wontfix in every regard except with a nicer
> name?

The LEP did say this in its way, but I've updated it to be extra explicit.

>  istm you would like it to normally appear in user-oriented
> searches (filebug dupes) but not in developer-oriented lists.
>

I think this is a helpful distinction. I wonder if we even have a
structure for this in the tracker.

jml