bugzilla practices

[Carlos O'Donell]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 5:07 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Marek Polacek <polacek@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> I think this information would be easily trackable if we post to BZ a
>> comment with "Confirmed." or so when moving from UNCONFIRMED -> NEW for the
>> first time, ala GCC BZ.
>
> GCC Bugzilla has "Ever confirmed" and "Last reconfirmed" fields that are
> automatically set.

We have "Last reconfirmed" in the bugzilla for glibc.

Why isn't this field just "Confirmed on?" and a date?

Why make the distinction between "Ever" and "Last" or "reconfirmed?"

All I care about is "When was the last time this was confirmed?"
- Blank = Never.
- Date = On that date.

Cheers,
Carlos.