"nobody cares enough about it to work on it" category. Such bugs are
perfectly valid problems that *should* get fixed but apparently aren't. We
try to mark such bugs as `KNOWN_BUGS material` after a time of inactivity and
- if no activity is noticed after yet some time those bugs are added to
- `KNOWN_BUGS` and are closed in the issue tracker.
+ if no activity is noticed after yet some time those bugs are added to the
+ `KNOWN_BUGS` document and are closed in the issue tracker.
## `KNOWN_BUGS`
considered these problems to be important enough to spend the necessary time
and effort to have them fixed.
- The `KNOWN_BUGS` are always up for grabs and we will always love the ones who
- bring one of them back to live and offers solutions to them.
+ The `KNOWN_BUGS` items are always up for grabs and we love the ones who bring
+ one of them back to life and offer solutions to them.
The `KNOWN_BUGS` document has a sibling document known as `TODO`.
Issues that are filed or reported that aren't really bugs but more missing
features or ideas for future improvements and so on are marked as
'enhancement' or 'feature-request' and will be added to the `TODO` document
- instead and the issue is closed. We don't keep TODO items in the issue
+ and the issues are closed. We don't keep TODO items open in the issue
tracker.
The `TODO` document is full of ideas and suggestions of what we can add or
implemented or provided in the project so that you can work on ticking it odd
that document.
- If the issue is rather a bug and not a missing feature or functionality, it
- is listed in `KNOWN_BUGS` instead.
+ If an issue is rather a bug and not a missing feature or functionality, it is
+ listed in `KNOWN_BUGS` instead.
## Closing off stalled bugs
abandoned or in other ways dormant will be closed and sometimes added to
`TODO` and `KNOWN_BUGS` instead.
- This way, we only have "active" issues open on github. Irrelevant issues and
+ This way, we only have "active" issues open on GitHub. Irrelevant issues and
pull requests will not distract developers or casual visitors.