Re: BJM: Fan mail from some flounder? RJS: No, this is what Ireally call a message...

[Don Armstrong]

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008, Drew Adams wrote:

> > > Sorry, but I cannot fathom this. I came across these three messages,
> > > floating in a sea of others that look similar.
> > > 
> > > Two of them say that I should expect "a substantive response
> > > shortly" from Glenn. The third refers cryptically to bugs #398 and
> > > #239 (but also to other, unrelated bugs), telling me that "'close'
> > > is deprecated" and (euphemistically? ;-)) inviting me to send any
> > > further explanations to myself.
> > 
> > The reason why close is deprecated is precisely because it has no
> > information as to why the bug was closed. It should not be used.
> > 
> > If you're reaching for close, send a message to bugnum-done instead.
> 
> Sorry, but was that intended for me? 
> 
> I'm not "reaching for close".

You've just answered your own question.


Don Armstrong

-- 
Q: What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the
Experience of the Past Million Years?
A: Nothing.
 -- Bokonon _The Fourteenth Book of Bokonon_ (Vonnegut _Cats Cradle_)

http://www.donarmstrong.com              http://rzlab.ucr.edu