[Aptitude-devel] Bug#573626: Bug#573626: Bug#573626: Bug#573626: aptitude: Terrible Interactive Search Performance

[Daniel Hartwig]

On 24 January 2014 05:11, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
<manuel.montezelo at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's why I am not sure if it's better to leave this open or close
> it.  Realistically, I don't think that this is going to be fixed,

Not immediately, but that is no reason to close it off.  There is real
work that can be done here, especially after work on startup times.

> and
> in any case not because of the existence of this problem, so leaving
> it open will not increase the chances of it being fixed.

Leaving the report open does bring it to the attention of people
looking to work on real issues.  This task is perhaps interesting to
someone looking to do non-trivial work.

>  Also it was
> ignored for the best part of 4 years with no "me toos".
>

"me toos" is not really the character of bugs.d.o.  Lack of these does
not indicate disinterest.

> I only see it useful as a reminder, or to leave hints like what you
> gave above.

Yes.  For these and similar reasons many bugs are left open.  Closing
the reports does not make the issues go away.

Regards