Re: mail to 123456-quiet@bugs.debian.org
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 08:32:44AM -0500, Simon Law wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:01:01PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> > Alternatively, one could do this with the PTS. It would probably make
> > it a per-bug opt-in feature, but I guess adding per-bug subscriptions
> > to the PTS will be less work than adding this kind of configurability
> > to the BTS.
> >
> > It reeks of mixing two different things, though: The PTS wouldn't be a
> > *package* tracking system any more.
>
> I suspect the proper thing to do is to add a tag to the bug.
> Then, if the submitter wants to be notified:
>
> Package: hello
> Version: 21.3-2
> Severity: critical
> Tags: notify-submitter, patch
I disagree; this is a per-submitter preference more than a per-bug
preference. Tags are a useful hammer, but we're in danger of viewing
everything as a nail.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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