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[curtis Hovey <curtis.hovey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/20/2011 11:49 AM, Francis J. Lacoste wrote:
> As part of the disclosure project, we are removing support for
> multi-tenancy in bugs when privacy is involved. Simply put, if a bug is
> private, there can only be one bug task.
>
> That means that the 'Also affects...' actions shouldn't be available to
> the users.
>
> Ian has a branch that does just this: hide these actions when the bug is
> private:
> https://code.launchpad.net/~wallyworld/launchpad/one-bugtask-for-private-bugs-878605/+merge/79918
>
> There are a lot of places in Launchpad where we do this (menus for one).
> But it has been argued in the past that this is a source of confusion
> for users. "Where are these buttons gone?" and that we should instead
> keep the actions on that page disabled and for bonus points with an easy
> way to understand why the actions are disabled (tooltip, little icon,
> any other suggestion,)
>
> I'm asking for a definitive opinion on this matter from you :-)
Actually, we do not really want to do this because we do not want to
force users to understand how we model data. We are doing this because
Lp has missing and incomplete features.

1. There should be only one link to start the workflow to add a another
   affected project.
   AKA bug 1334

   * There is currently two and users have to think,
     and many do not understand Lp's models

   * Lp should ask the user to search and choose.

     We do not have a vocabulary to show projects, distros, and packages,
     but we do have a widget that can help the user choose.
   * Once the user has chosen, We enter the existing workflows to add the
     affected project

2. When the bug is private, the one link starts the workflow to clone
   the bug and create a bug link to show the dependency.
   AKA bug dependencies.
   * The user is shown the information that will be copied and choose to
     redact confidential information
   * The user chooses the relationship:
     master -> derivative
     master -> duplicate
     depends on -> prerequisite
   * The new bug is created with links to the other bug that are only
     visible to users with access to both bugs

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Curtis Hovey
http://launchpad.net/~sinzui

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