Bug#1114490: DDPO: remove open "wontfix" bugs from bug counter

Gioele Barabucci <[email protected]> Sat, 6 Sep 2025 08:25:43 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.quality-assurance
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Package: qa.debian.org
Severity: wishlist
User: [email protected]
Usertags: ddpo

Dear QA team,

would it be possible to not include "wontfix" bugs in the count of 
outstanding bugs in DDPO?

Open "wontfix" bug reports are used as a sort of FAQ, i.e. as a way to 
inform users of certain design decisions. Counting open "wontfix" bugs 
as outstanding bugs will forever increase the number of open bugs, 
removing a signal for new bugs ("counter went from zero to one") and 
also giving the impression that the package is unmaintained or that its 
maintainers are unresponsive.

Regards,