Re: Stop issue verification?

[Dan Eble]

On Oct 26, 2020, at 11:50, Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
>>>   - Status::invalid, Status::duplicate and Status::shelved converted
>>>     to plain labels.
>> What is the value of "shelved"?  We have 3 issues with that label and I 
>> don't see what makes them special.
> 
> 
> As far as I know, the typical use case would be things like
> https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/979
> where development moved in completely different directions,
> obviating the issue.
> 
> I agree that it sounds weird to have it on open issues in
> the vein of
> https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/2072
> On the other hand, there are also many patch-tracking issues
> marked "Patch::abandoned" but still open. That's likely a separate
> topic. Maybe we could rename Status::shelved to "Abandoned"
> instead of "Shelved"?

The main purpose of this tag would be to exclude such tickets from searches of 
open-or-fixed issues, correct?  I don't see a good reason to differentiate 
between Abandoned and Invalid other than possibly to avoid an emotional 
reaction.  If that is a problem, we could possibly work around it by choosing a 
more neutral synonym (Void?) that works for both.
— 
Dan