Re: [gentoo-dev] More bugzilla restrictions should be applied to normal users

[Markos Chandras]

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:57:26PM +0000, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
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> Hi Markos.
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> On 12-05-2011 20:19, Markos Chandras wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Quite a lot of users tend to change bugzilla fields without even
> > understand why they are doing it. Would it be possible to restrict users
> > from touching the following fields?
> >
> > - Importance
> > - Severity
> > - CCing arches on their own (!)
> > - Blocks
> > - Keywords
> > - <...>
> >
> > How do you feel about that? Does bugzilla allow such restrictions?
>
> I think we should trust our users. Some might feel tempted to "test all
> the buttons", but I'm sure the majority will just try to fill a bug
> report the best way they know how.
It is not a matter of trust. If you trust them, then blocking access to
these fields shouldn't be a problem anyway.
> This topic has been raised a few times in the past and as far as I can
> recall there never was a consensus about it. In any case, as pointed out
> before, some developers want users to be able to CC them on bugs, at
> least on some bugs, informed users can have a good idea about the
> importance and or severity of a bug and in general being more open can
> provide a more inviting environment for users to look at and or
> contribute to Gentoo.
First of all, I said "Ccing Arches". Of course they should be allowed to
CC anyone, but ccing arches creates too much noise for us and quite a
lot of them do not understand the purpose of arch alias.
> Finally, whenever a user abuses bugzilla, you can poke bugzilla admins,
> userrel and a few others to look at and take care of it. Some of us can
> go as far as locking users accounts - feel free to poke me if that need
> ever arises.
>
> > Regards,
>
How is this solution more elegant than the one I proposed? :)

Regards,
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Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2