[Python-Dev] The Meaning of Resolotion (Re: bug tracker permissions request)

Tres Seaver tseaver at palladion.com
Fri Apr 30 00:07:24 CEST 2010


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>>> You only have resolutions on closed issues,
>> Only for 'closed' or also for 'pending' and 'languishing'?
> 
> Probably for all of them. I don't understand languishing, though
> (neither as an English word, nor as a status).
> 
>> 'Languishing' is new (its first use was two months ago). Is it a form of
>> 'open' or of 'closed'?
> 
> I have no idea.

Open, definitely:  it implies "suffering due to neglect", combining
senses 2 and 5 from this page:

 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/languish



Tres.
- --
===================================================================
Tres Seaver          +1 540-429-0999          tseaver at palladion.com
Palladion Software   "Excellence by Design"    http://palladion.com
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iEYEARECAAYFAkvaAxUACgkQ+gerLs4ltQ6lIwCePWePnXRfHbvRcx3Ih6rV7AhQ
qiYAn2V5yR/PjIb+WSr/ILhO5p3WGHoO
=XWHS
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----



More information about the Python-Dev mailing list