> i'm not sure that gnats supports what you're asking for. have you
   > checked that this is actually possible?
   
   There is open, analyzed, feedback, closed, suspended already available,
   what is so different with submitted. Shouldn't be that hard to add.

i'm fairly sure that gnats only supports those 5 states.
    
   > i'm also not convinced it is really useful, and it makes our gnats
   > PR database different to almost everyone else's.
   
   Not that much diffent. What's wrong in improving system? Why do we need
   database similar than others.

it's a marginal improvement, if any.  when PR's are submitted, hundreds
of people get them in their mail box, so it isn't as if PR's aren't
looked at when they are submitted.  having our gnats the same as
everyone else's means that people familiar with gnats will be familiar
with netbsd's gnats.