As a developer, why can't I reopen a bug and put it into a status like NEW or REOPENED? (not that "NEW" makes much sense, but the current situation doesn't either). Right now I have to put it to UNCONFIRMED, which doesn't make sense either; if I'm reopening it (as someone with editbugs permissions), it's because I can confirm that there's still a bug.
Not a problem anymore, with the new interface, reopening selects the REOPENED status, not UNCONFIRMED.