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["Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Matt Fischer (matthew.fischer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On 04/04/2012 11:15 AM, Brian Murray wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 01:28:23AM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> >>I was asked by Logan_ on #ubuntu-bugs to remove the assignee and
> >>change the status back :
> >>
> >>(01:13:13) Logan_: Can somebody change the status of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/804662 to "Confirmed" (and remove the assigned person)?
> >>(01:13:14) ubot2: Launchpad bug 804662 in jockey "jockey-gtk crashed with TypeError in _execute_child(): execv() arg 2 must contain only strings" [Undecided,Fix released]
> >>(01:13:46) Logan_: It was incorrectly marked as Fix Released by a newbie, and someone assigned it to himself randomly, and I can't change the values back.
> >>
> >>On investigation it looks a bit odd; there have been lots of status
> >>changes in a short time, all by users who've existed for only
> >>a few days/weeks, all with 0 karma, and membership of no groups.
> >>
> >>I can't quite see why - it feels spammy but maybe there is a sane
> >>explanation.
> >I believe this happens because Launchpad does not do a good job of
> >explaining what bug terms (status, assignee, importance) mean.  Then
> >when you have a bug with lots of duplicates or users affected those
> >people are trying to help but don't know how Launchpad works.  This
> >results in strange changes to statuses and assignees.  I don't believe
> >there was an malicious intent.
> >
> >--
> >Brian Murray
> >Ubuntu Bug Master
> 
> I looked at this last night and the odd variety of users who
> assigned this to themselves made me think it was not spam, but
> people not knowing what to do.  Also once a new user sees that the
> last guy assigned it to himself, he figures that he'd better do it
> too, and it propagates.

OK - thought it worth pointing it out; I guess it does point there
might be need for an LP user interface change if so many people are
making the same type of screw up.

Dave
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