Re: New Status "Shelved" in LilyPond Bug Tracker

[David Kastrup]

Trevor <address@hidden> writes:

> An Issue marked Accepted/Enhancement sounds to me very positive,
> suggesting that there might be hope this could be implemented
> relatively quickly: implying it has been assessed ("Accepted") and
> considered to be a practical and desirable enhancement.
>
> Whereas giving an Issue the status of Shelved makes it plain there are
> absolutely no plans to implement this in the foreseeable future: it
> has not yet been assessed and is not yet Accepted; it is just a marker
> meaning it might be considered at some unspecified time in the future.
>
> Does that accord with your understanding, David?

"Shelved" to me more means like it has been assessed and judged to be
outside of the scope that the assessor would consider justifiable in
effort for a stock LilyPond improving programmer.

-- 
David Kastrup