Absolute values as opposed to references

[Gervase Markham]

Jordi Bunster wrote:
> Is there any reason in particular why certain things are static, such as 
> the Operating system in a bug? Is there any particular reason why 
> they're not simple references to another table with (opsysid, desc) or 
> something similar?

Because that is the way they were originally, and it will eventually be 
fixed by a proper custom fields implementation, so there's no point 
implementing a halfway solution.

> Also, is there any particular policy that dictates that a bug 
> description should not be changed, as opposed to just adding comments?

The general sanity of not allowing people to change history :-)

Gerv