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Bug #414401
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Comment 7 for bug 414401

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Vish (vish) wrote on 2010-09-09: Re: Automatically subscribe users to bug mail when they post a comment

Brought up this bug again today on #launchpad, and was it pointed out that with new ajaxy implementation just using a checkbox isnt possible.

So, Instead of messy checboxes. We could just add an extra button "Comment and Subscribe" , which would subscribe the commenter too.

So we'd have below the comment box two buttons

"Just add a Comment" "Comment and Subscribe"
[the 'just add a comment' wording is used in the answers section too]
or
"Post Comment Only" "Comment and Subscribe"

Could this bug be fixed so?

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Copy-Pasting a conversation we had today on #launchpad:
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<persia> vish, I'm not convinced that bug can be "fixed" in any easy way. What is the issue with folks commenting and not subscribing again? Bugs aren't a good place for random conversation, but rather for detailed investigation of issues, so identities oughtn't matter, and there are bundles of folk who find subscription not to be a useful way of tracking a bug.
<vish> persia: sure its not for conversation.. but when we ask info, they aernt subscribed .. so either i have to comment again or hope they look at it when i subscribe them..
<persia> Yeah, but of whom are you asking information? Folks who are actively working on a bug are likely subscribed or otherwise following the bug. Reporters are always subscribed.
<persia> If random people post random issues in a bug and don't follow it, it may be better that they file a new bug.
<vish> persia: bugzilla does this pretty well.. it usually has the mail id in the box , we can uncheck it if we dont want to subscribe
<vish> so the unsubscribe is intentional.. and easier..
<persia> I think the default should be the other way (as it was in LP), but more interestingly, how does one implement that with the new ajaxy implementation? I think it's non-trivial from a human interaction perspective.
<G> vish: persia: surely the best way is: Above the comment box, add a checkbox that says "Subscribe me for follow up e-mails regarding this bug"
<persia> I suppose, but that means having two controls that do the same thing on the page. Plus it's messy to use checkboxes for ajax calls.
<vish> persia: we could have two buttons "Comment and Subscribe" "Post Comment Only"
<persia> vish, I like that. Easy enough to implement. Not terribly confusing. Doesn't require more pixels. Please tell the bug :)

Brought up this bug again today on #launchpad, and was it pointed out that with new ajaxy implementation just using a checkbox isnt possible.

So, Instead of messy checboxes. We could just add an extra button "Comment and Subscribe" , which would subscribe the commenter too.

So we'd have below the comment box two buttons

"Just add a Comment"  "Comment and Subscribe"
[the 'just add a comment' wording is used in the answers section too]
or
            "Post Comment Only"  "Comment and Subscribe"

Could this bug be fixed so?

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Copy-Pasting a conversation we had today on #launchpad:
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 <persia> vish, I'm not convinced that bug can be "fixed" in any easy way.  What is the issue with folks commenting and not subscribing again?  Bugs aren't a good place for random conversation, but rather for detailed investigation of issues, so identities oughtn't matter, and there are bundles of folk who find subscription not to be a useful way of tracking a bug.
 <vish> persia: sure its not for conversation.. but when we ask info, they aernt subscribed .. so either i have to comment again or  hope they look at it when i subscribe them..
 <persia> Yeah, but of whom are you asking information?  Folks who are actively working on a bug are likely subscribed or otherwise following the bug.  Reporters are always subscribed.
 <persia> If random people post random issues in a bug and don't follow it, it may be better that they file a new bug.
 <vish> persia: bugzilla does this pretty well.. it usually has the mail id in the box , we can uncheck it if we dont want to subscribe
 <vish> so the unsubscribe is intentional.. and easier..
 <persia> I think the default should be the other way (as it was in LP), but more interestingly, how does one implement that with the new ajaxy implementation?  I think it's non-trivial from a human interaction perspective.
 <G> vish: persia: surely the best way is: Above the comment box, add a checkbox that says "Subscribe me for follow up e-mails regarding this bug"
 <persia> I suppose, but that means having two controls that do the same thing on the page.  Plus it's messy to use checkboxes for ajax calls.
 <vish> persia: we could have two buttons "Comment and Subscribe"  "Post Comment Only"
 <persia> vish, I like that.  Easy enough to implement.  Not terribly confusing.  Doesn't require more pixels.  Please tell the bug :)