On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:05:31 -0800 John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote:
> > On Feb 18, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Chris Shoemaker <c.shoema...@cox.net> > wrote: > > > +1 ;) > > Well, well. Don't you get stiff lurking behind that fern? ;-) > > Regards, > John Ralls > > [1] > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced;bug_status=UNCONFIRMED;bug_status=NEW;bug_status=ASSIGNED;bug_status=REOPENED;bug_status=NEEDINFO;component=Budgets;product=GnuCash > > > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 05:09:20PM -0800, John Ralls wrote: > >> The default assignee field is mostly used to determine who gets > >> bugmail for a particular component. Some of the assignments make > >> sense, like having me be the default for Mac bugs, some not so > >> much, like Chris Shoemaker for budget bugs: He hasn't been around > >> for a long time. > >> > >> It also makes it hard for non-bugzilla-admins to set themselves up > >> for bugmail on new bugs, because the mechanism for doing so is to > >> "watch" another user. Watching a real user means that you get bug > >> mail not only for the bugs that that user is the default > >> assignee,QA contact, or added to the CC list, but also for every > >> bug that user comments on. Not really useful unless you're a > >> stalker. > >> > >> The mainstream Gnome approach is to have fake users for default > >> assignees; for example, the Gtk Quartz backend has > >> gtk-quartz-ma...@gnome.bugs, which I watch so that I get bug mail > >> for any of those. I propose doing the same for our gnucash > >> components, with a per-component address for default assignee and > >> a gnucash-bugs address for QA assignee to make it easy to get all > >> bugmail. > >> > >> I'll change the components, but I can't create the users because I > >> don't have privs for doing that. > >> > >> Regards, > >> John Ralls > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-devel mailing list > >> gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel I see a new bug (Bug 693948) assigned to Mark Jenkins and as QA contact. I don't think Mark is actively developing anymore(?). Having assignee and QA as the same person probably isn't a good idea either. Mike Evans -- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
