RFC: Should Tracker automatically notify the OP of changes?

[Jerry James]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull
<stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:
> The Roundup tracker has the capability of maintaining a "nosy list"
>  for each issue, which is the set of users who receive information
>  about changes to that issue.
>
>  Currently only the "Assigned To" developer is automatically added to
>  the nosy list.  (I was worried about spew and to some extent spam.)  I
>  plan to add the Creator (Roundup's term, this is the User who creates
>  the issue either by posting to the list or by "create new" on the web)
>  to the Nosy list automatically.
>
>  I do not plan to add those who contribute comments.  They can add
>  themselves if they wish.
>
>  Comments?

That's the way other bug trackers I have used work.  For me, at least,
the behavior you describe would be least surprising.
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Jerry James
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