[Tracker-discuss] [issue16] Automatic issue expiration

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

"Martin v. Löwis" writes:

 > 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.

Sorry for the confusion.

But what's the point of "pending", then?  It seems something that
would be rarely useful.  Somebody with presumably good judgment has
decided it's not interesting, and people who know they care about the
issue will be in the nosy list in "most" cases.  If you must keep it,
then it should be renamed as Tennessee says.

Something like "resolved" would be fine.  At least native speakers who
ask "what's the difference between 'resolved' and 'closed'?" who are
told "resolved issues are displayed in lists by default, closed issues
are hidden" should never need to ask again.  I bet most non-natives
will catch on to that distinction quickly, too.

But I would just nuke the whole status as an unnecessary complexity.