Bug#344831: DevRef: Please document best practice for submitters testing bugs

[Justin Pryzby]

Package: developers-reference
Severity: wishlist

Do you think it would be worthwhile to include some documentation to
the following effect, perhaps added to either 5.8.2 or 5.8.3?

  It is best to close bugs only when the submitter agrees that it
  should be closed.  Oftentimes during bug triage, stale bugs are
  discovered which may have been fixed many releases ago, but which
  remain opened.  Sometimes, the report is short and simple, and it is
  easy to check whether the bug still applies.  Other times, the
  discussion in the bug log is long and documents requests by various
  people.  In any case, it is good to have the submitters approval
  that the reported problem has been solved.  


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