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I don't really understand the rationale behind the whole 'wontfix' thing There are lots of legitimate reasons for labeling something "wontfix": backward compat
by neilc 17y ago
I don't really understand the rationale behind the whole 'wontfix' thing
There are lots of legitimate reasons for labeling something "wontfix": backward compatibility, conformance to standards, not actually or unambiguously wrong behavior, and so on. Whether the majority of "wontfix" bugs fall into these categories isn't clear, but it's not all a matter of giving the user the finger: in my experience, most reported issues are not actually bugs.
- likpok 17y agoThere is another reason to label something wontfix: If it falls too low on the priorities. If you know that you do not have sufficient time to do everything, and that you have issues that are far more important, you might as well just mark the punted issues wontfix.
- drhowarddrfine 17y agoI'm not sure this Microsoft answer on at least one of those bugs doesn't fit any of those categories: "At this time we do not plan on fixing this issue. We appreciate the report, but unfortunately we are at a stage where need to choose what we work on to maximize the value for customers and web developers."