Debian Bug report logs - #5409
odd behavior from 9wm

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: odd behavior from 9wm

Date: 13 Nov 1996 19:03:50 -0000

Package: 9wm
Version: 1.2-1

When using 9wm, sometimes windows will pop up above the top window, yet
remain unselected.

There is no documentation with 9wm that indicates this is proper behavior,
yet this seems inconsistent with the rest of 9wm.

In particular, clicking on the currently selected window won't bring
it to the top.

What does 8-1/2 do for this?  Is there some fundamental reason 9wm can't
do the same thing?

-- 
Raul

Message #10 received at 5409-maintonly@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer)

To: 5409-maintonly@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Old bugs need to be looked at

Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 12:24:53 +0100 (CET)

This is an automated message sent to all bugs older than one year.

This bug is very old. Please take a look at it and see if you can fix it.
If it has already been fixed, please close it.

If you have problems fixing it or if you don't have the time to fix it,
please ask the people on debian-devel@lists.debian.org for help, so that
at least the oldest bugs can be solved before Debian 2.0 is released.

Remco Blaakmeer

Message #21 received at 5409@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Nathanael Nerode <neroden@fastmail.fm>

To: control@bugs.debian.org, 5409@bugs.debian.org, 6439@bugs.debian.org, 6772@bugs.debian.org

Subject: These bugs should be closed.

Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:03:12 -0400

close 5409
close 6439
close 6772
thanks

These bugs have been open for over 10 years.  They were all submitted by the same 
person, and they seem to be unreproducible.  That submitter has vanished and has 
not commented on the bugs despite pings several years ago.  I'l bet it was a 
local problem on his system.

These bugs are a waste of space in the bug DB and in the list 
http://bugs.debian.org/stats/oldbugs.html.

I am closing them now.  Maintainer, if you really really want to have three of 
the oldest ten bugs in Debian, you can reopen them, but I wouldn't if I were you.

-- 
Nathanael Nerode  <neroden@fastmail.fm>

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Message #28 received at 5409@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Decklin Foster <decklin@red-bean.com>

To: Nathanael Nerode <neroden@fastmail.fm>, 6772@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 5409@bugs.debian.org, 6439@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#6772: These bugs should be closed.

Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:37:24 -0400

Nathanael Nerode writes:

> I am closing them now.  Maintainer, if you really really want to have three of 
> the oldest ten bugs in Debian, you can reopen them, but I wouldn't if I were you.

No, I have no desire to leave these open. I just didn't want to upset
anyone who felt it was more important to have all "unresolved" issues
(even if not particularly resolvable) documented as such. I generally lean
this way, but I will take your (appreciated) conscientiousness as
a vote of confidence that no one really gives a crap. :-) Thanks.

-- 
things change.
decklin@red-bean.com

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