> On Feb 10, 2022, at 11:55 AM, Brent Fulgham via webkit-dev 
> <webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Floks,
> 
> I would like to propose some changes to the categories we use to resolve 
> bugs. I’ve been trying to do some Bugzilla gardening to better reflect the 
> state of various “edge case” bugs that often leave users confused about the 
> state of issues they’ve reported, and unsure of whether fixes are needed or 
> have been shipped.
> 
> Some of this is due to inertia, but some is due to lack of clarity in how to 
> treat a few categories of bugs.
> 
> (1) Add a new “Behaves As Designed” option:
> 
> This will represent bugs that were filed when the reporter misunderstands a 
> feature, or wants behavior that we have considered, but chosen not to allow.
> 
> This would be used instead of the somewhat offensive “WONTFIX” or mildly 
> offensive “INVALID” resolutions we currently use.

I like.

> 
> (2) Add a new “Platform To Resolve” option:
> 
> This will represent bugs that are actually in an underlying component outside 
> of sources in the WebKit project. This might be used to represent graphics 
> driver bugs, kernel issues, platform User Interface libraries, or most 
> frequently bugs in applications driving WebKit.
> 
> This would be used instead of the somewhat offensive ‘INVALID” resolution.

I've used RESOLVED/MOVED for this, which seems reasonable (though the MOVED is 
pretty vague: moved where?).

Simon

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