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From: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
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On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 06:01:34PM -0800, Hanna Linder wrote:

 > > Anything in "OPEN" state isn't really assigned to anyone yet.
 > > (the state would really better be named "NEW", but it's not). 
 > > People should move it to "ASSIGNED" if they're working on it.
 > 	So the process is to query for all open bugs (but not 
 > assigned) then email each person to let them know you are 
 > working on it?

Why generate noise ?

Query bugs.
Find something interesting.
Fix it.
THEN email person (or better yet, add to bugzilla entry).

Flooding the database with "I'm working on this" reports
buys absolutely nothing.

 > > Go to file a new bug, click on the link by the subcategories, and it'll
 > > tell you (you'll have to pick the main category first).
 > 	That is convoluted. You have to file a bug to find out who
 > the subsystem maintainers are? Can you put it somewhere more
 > obvious?

I think you're misunderstanding how things work.
The view you seem to have is to use bugzilla to find bugs,
and get a list of people who to email. This shuts out the
rest of the world who are watching that bug in bugzilla.

If you want to add to a bug reported in bugzilla, forget email,
just _use the tool_.

		Dave

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