RE: BJM: Fan mail from some flounder? RJS: No, this is what Ireally call a message...

[Drew Adams]

> > Sorry, but I cannot fathom this. I came across these three messages,
> > floating in a sea of others that look similar.
> > 
> > Two of them say that I should expect "a substantive response
> > shortly" from Glenn. The third refers cryptically to bugs #398 and
> > #239 (but also to other, unrelated bugs), telling me that "'close'
> > is deprecated" and (euphemistically? ;-)) inviting me to send any
> > further explanations to myself.
> 
> The reason why close is deprecated is precisely because it has no
> information as to why the bug was closed. It should not be used.
> 
> If you're reaching for close, send a message to bugnum-done instead.

Sorry, but was that intended for me? 

I'm not "reaching for close". I have nothing to do with "close". Someone (or
something) else wrote "close". I just forwarded the crazy mails I received that
use "close".