Re: mail to 123456-quiet@bugs.debian.org
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 03:23:45PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 14:21, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > This problem would not exist if mail to the xxx@bugs address reached the
> > submitter as well. Then, all messages could be directed there.
>
> That could be a good idea. It would then put the burden on the Debian
> maintainer to avoid sending the submitter duplicate copies when
> replying, which seems much more likely to work.
>
> A lot of bug submitters would probably like being automatically CC'd on
> updates to the bug; that's how Bugzilla does it.
>
> But then again some might not; we would have to supply a way to turn it
> off. I guess this could be accomplished just by changing the submitter
> address to something else, maybe.
>
> I guess it's up to the BTS admins.
It is filed; the main reason it hasn't been done is as you say, that
we'd have to supply a mechanism to turn it off, which implies
per-submitter configurability (changing the submitter address isn't good
enough, because the submitter needs to be notified when the bug is
closed), which rather suggests people having accounts - and *that* is a
can of worms I'm not sure I want to open. Also if bug submitters learn
to expect to get copies then we need a general subscription mechanism
because random people who mail bugs will also start to expect copies,
and it gets even more complicated.
I do agree that it would be a helpful thing to have, but working out how
to fit it into the debbugs model in a graceful way requires careful
thought.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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