If a bug is marked as a duplicate, why does it matter what its status is any more? And if a bug does inherit the status of the bug it's marked a duplicate of, then the duplicate marking is removed, should the original status be restored?
(Once these questions are resolved, the answers should be codified in <https://wiki.launchpad.canonical.com/DuplicateBugHandling>.)
If a bug is marked as a duplicate, why does it matter what its status is any more? And if a bug does inherit the status of the bug it's marked a duplicate of, then the duplicate marking is removed, should the original status be restored?
(Once these questions are resolved, the answers should be codified in <https:/ /wiki.launchpad .canonical. com/DuplicateBu gHandling>.)