[csw-maintainers] Mantis privileges elevated to allow for easier cross-package collaboration

[Peter FELECAN]

Sebastian Kayser <skayser at opencsw.org> writes:

> Peter FELECAN wrote on 05.04.2010 15:02:
>> Sebastian Kayser <skayser at opencsw.org> writes:
>> 
>>> as discussed in [1] I have finally elevated the global privileges for
>>> all maintainers in Mantis to DEVELOPER. This means, everyone should now
>>> be able to do everyday work on bugs (like moving or assigning) for _all_
>>> packages, not just the ones which one specifically owns.
>>>
>>> Questions or anything not working as expected? Please let me know.
>>>
>>> Sebastian
>>>
>>> [1]http://lists.opencsw.org/pipermail/maintainers/2010-January/011158.html
>> 
>> And this answers to what requirement(s)?
>
> Is this a sincere question (not quite sure, your mails seemed to have a
> touch of irony/sarcasm lately)?

What make you doubt my sincerity? Of course, there were irony about the
oldish releases of our beloved operating system but other than that...

> It just makes working on/with bugs easier for maintainers. Bugs against
> orphaned packages can now be worked on before you officially
> release/adopt the package. If you mis-file a bug against the wrong
> package (like it happened with multiple tabs and the Mantis cookie
> mechanism of tracking the currently active project) you can move it
> yourself, without calling upon an administrator. In the end it gives
> everyone a bit more flexibility.

That I understand.

>> Strangely, the assignment was not a feature available for a "developer"
>> in the messages that you refer but now it changes?
>
> The key in Roger's message was "if I remember". As it stands, developers
> can assign bugs out of the box, no change required.

I didn't knew that. Thank you for the answers.
-- 
Peter