As an outsider with very little data (so you can ignore this if you strongly disagree), I sort of agree with the notion that "WONTFIX" could be sending a different signal that it is being used for.
WONTFIX to me would mean, "We acknowledge that this is an annoyance for some people, but we're not going to fix it no matter what you or anyone else says". Maybe a compromise is using a variation on the same terminology but softening it to "PROBABLYWONTFIX" when it's something that you don't think is a serious problem but could theoretically be swayed with a good proposal and other people stepping up to submit patches and fight for the feature. "WONTFIX" would still be appropriate for firm "no, never, this isn't just a poorly stated proposal, it's either too difficult or is actually counter to our overall goals even though it is a valid 'issue'". Some references of WONTFIX in the wild/in other contexts/discussions: http://contribute.jquery.org/wont-fix/ http://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources/HOWTO/Bugzilla_Use "WONTFIX is used for things that are valid requests, but that the team can't do" http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/58950/defect-statuses-wont-fix-vs-cancelled On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:56:26 AM UTC-7, Daniele Procida wrote: > > On Mon, May 13, 2013, Łukasz Rekucki <lrek...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > >> The status WONTFIX sounds awfully rude to me. It's like saying "That's > a > >> pony and you can't have one, ever." It implies a terminal finality > which > >> actually isn't meant in some cases, because it is possible (as we've > seen) > >> and even sometimes recommended by a core developer, for a sufficiently > >> determined person to push for change on the mailing list and make it > happen. > >> > > > >You can blame this on my lack of social skills, but I really don't see > how > >it's rude. > > Maybe it's not rude, but it is off-putting. Perhaps there are some > proposals that really do deserve to have the door closed firmly in their > faces - that's what "WONTFIX" suggests to me, even if it's not what's > intended. > > Daniele > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
