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[Brett Cornwall <brettcornwall@xxxxxxxxx>]

Deryck Hodge wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Bjorn Tillenius <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 10:21:33AM -0300, Martin Albisetti wrote:
> >     
> > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Deryck Hodge
> > > <deryck.hodge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >       
> > > > I was under the impression that there wasn't consensus about this
> > > >         
> > > I'm not saying there is, it was mostly an opinion really. At this
> > > point, I'm sure you've talked to more people about this than I have.
> > > Sorry for being to absolutist about a hand-wavy thing  :)
> > >       
> > Actually, there kind of was consensus about this. At least at one point
> > we decided to JFDI, and fix it. We did talk to several people who did
> > find the notifications to be of somewhat use, but it was more important
> > to stop the e-mail floods. There's even a test for this,
> > TestBugChanges.test_marked_as_duplicate, what should make sure that only
> > the people subscribed to the bug that is being marked as a duplicate is
> > notified. If this isn't working, we need to take a look at that test,
> > and find out why it's not working.
> >
> >     
Thank you all for sorting and reassigning the bug reports as necessary.

The question appears to be: How much power should we allow LP users to 
have and still retain productivity? As far as the dupe report emails go, 
I feel that an option to opt out would really be the best choice as, 
myself for instance, really do not find any use out of them. On the flip 
side, I have not yet set Thunderbird to filter dupe reports yet nor have 
I done so for any other Launchpad email. The dupe reports seem like a 
tool for those that want to use it. I have chosen not to.

As far as the other types of notification changes, I can very well see 
both sides, so I won't post any other argument other than the fact that 
I, personally, would like to see an option to skip out on title and 
description updates as there is usually a comment that accompanies the 
action. The ones that don't have a comment are just janitorial work.

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-Brett Cornwall