[Tracker-discuss] [issue16] Automatic issue expiration

[Tennessee Leeuwenburg]

I would just like to repeat that the name "pending" is apparently a frequent
cause of confusion. I think perhaps it should be renamed to "pending
closure" in order to make its purpose more clear.

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:42 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de>wrote:

> > Thing is, what *pending* means is that a developer has *already*
> > "expressed interest", and found themselves *blocked* for lack of
> > information.
>
> You completely misunderstand. It means something entirely different.
>
> It means that whoever looked at the issue thinks it should be closed,
> but on the off-chance that somebody might object, sets it to pending
> only. No developer is interested anymore - it's about to be closed.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
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