Comment 6 for bug 1159464

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Ian Bruce (ian-bruce) wrote :

FYI:

    $ dict 'wish list'
    3 definitions found

    From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

    wish list
      n 1: a list of events that you wish would occur

    From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:

    wish list
    n.

      A list of desired features or bug fixes that probably won't get done for a
      long time, usually because the person responsible for the code is too busy
      or can't think of a clean way to do it. ?OK, I'll add automatic filename
      completion to the wish list for the new interface.? Compare {tick-list
      features}.

    From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 July 2010) [foldoc]:

    wish list
    want list

     <jargon> A list of desired {features} or {bug fixes} that
     probably won't get done for a long time, usually because the
     person responsible for the code is too busy or can't think of
     a clean way to do it. "OK, I'll add automatic filename
     completion to the wish list for the new interface."

     Compare {tick-list features}.

     [Does anybody call this a "want list"?]

When I go to the trouble of writing up a very detailed bug report,
with a complete explanation of the source of the problem, a proposed
solution, a use case which explains why it matters, and most importantly,
a patch which completely resolves the issue, and this is immediately
categorized as "wishlist", with no further comment, then I'm not sure
how to interpret that, except as an insult.