Yes, that's true. Adding a bugnote never changes a bug's status. If you want to change the status, why don't you just change the status? When you do so, you'll even be prompted to enter a bugnote to accompany the status change, so you can do everything in one step.

Yes, but this seems to be a logical problem. Since a reporter cannot change the status the frame with "waiting on my feedback" in my view will get fuller and fuller...no chance. To add a bugnote is a feedback - for me.
Never the less, mantis is a very productive tool for our company!!

Can I change this problem in the source, is it a setting? Where? Thank you it's important...

For a patch, see 0004469:0010160