On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 08:48 AM, David Sklar wrote:
The wording could be something like "NotValidBug" or something like that. IIt occurs to me that it would be relatively easy for someone with direct access to the bug database to determine whether this is a real problem - just see what percentage of people whose bugs get marked "Bogus" never post another bug (vs. people whose bugs get assigned other status codes). I would do it, except the web interface doesn't seem to allow searching by submitter name.
think the issue that Adam is bringing up is that "Bogus" has a derogatory
connotation. Changing it doesn't necessarily make users who don't do
necessary research before posing feel better about themselves, but it may
make people more willing to report actual bugs in the future.
Look, I'm not on the QA team and ultimately, what makes it easiest and most
worthwhile for you guys to find and fix bugs is the best thing to do. But I
can easily see how a well-meaning person who might be new to PHP might
report what they think is a bug, have their bug report closed with "This
isn't a bug." with the status changed to "Bogus", and take that as a big fat
"Go away. PHP doesn't welcome you."
-Alex
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