Re: Bugzilla needinfo reminders

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On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 10:52 AM Marius Schwarz <fedoradev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Am 25.10.19 um 10:36 schrieb Miro Hrončok:
> > On 25. 10. 19 10:31, Marius Schwarz wrote:
> >> a) closing a bug for any reason, should clear the flag. it does not.
> >
> > It's not that simple. Sometimes, it makes sense to clear, sometimes not.
> >
> > Imagine closing a bug with needinfo and saying: "No answer for a
> > month, feel free to reopen and answer the question." CLOSED WONTFIX
> >
>
> if you missed the actual comment requesting you to reopen it, a needinfo
> reminder is with 50% successfull and 50% not, but in the later case,
> it's a 100% nerf for sure ;)
>
> I can tell you what i was when i got it:  surprised.  Getting a report
> for a closed bug from 2018.
>
> And it caused more trouble as you may think, because removing the need
> info flags, caused a dozen or more mails per bug to anyone in CC, qa
> addresses etc. etc.  just to learn, that it's an age old duplicate bug,
> wthat was changed.

BugZilla recently got a new feature to address exactly this issue.
Just tick the "this is a minor edit" checkbox near the "Submit"
button, and nobody should get emails about your change.

Fabio

> In the end, it will cause more harm, than that one guy, who really
> missed a call to finally answere a question.
>
> best regards,
> Marius
>
>
>
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