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[Micah Gersten <micahg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/04/2012 06:05 PM, Phillip Susi wrote:
> On 04/04/2012 05:45 PM, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> > I am not a developer, but have often been told to assign a bug to a
> > particular team or person, by an individual on that team or by the
> > person themselves. That way they will see the bug report and be able to
> > work it as time allows.
>
> You should be using subscribe in that situation.  Assigned means the
> person is actively working on and/or committed to fixing it, so
> someone else should not bother duplicating the effort.
>
No, if someone asks you to assign them so they're responsible for it,
that's fine.

Micah