Blank resolution causing problems

[Gervase Markham]

Max Kanat-Alexander wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 16:29 +0100, Gervase Markham wrote:
> 
>>But I'd much rather it wasn't necessary to special-case it at all. It 
>>also doesn't solve the "no resolution restriction specified" vs 
>>"specifically, no resolution" problem in URLs.
> 
> 	We already have that problem solved in the current Bugzilla UI. If it's
> not easy to re-use that code, then that's a problem that should be
> resolved.

Well, the problem is solved in some places and not others. The very 
nature of the current solution is that it's context-specific hacks - it 
can't be reused. That's the issue I'm trying to address, by changing to 
something which does not require such hacks.

>>Why can't we have a string signifying no resolution?
> 
> 	We already have that; the empty string. Apparently it didn't work very
> well in your situation. Similarly, any other string wouldn't work well
> in somebody else's situation.

Could you be specific about what additional problems you think changing 
from "" to e.g. "---" or "[None]" would cause?

Gerv