Pros & Cons of ASSIGNED pointer and NEEDINFO

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Thursday, 08 February 2007 at 05:01, Warren Togami wrote:
> Jens Petersen wrote:
> >Warren Togami wrote:
> >>It seems that bouncing of the ASSIGNED pointer is a polarizing issue. 
> >>Some people like it, some people hate it.  NEEDINFO is a little less 
> >>polarizing, although some people hate to bounce too.
> >
> >I haven't followed all the discussion but it seems to me that
> >
> >>"ASSIGNED to reviewer, use NEEDINFO as necessary"
> >
> >looks more consistent with common bugzilla process and usage.
> 
> This is an uncertain point.

Is it?

> >Furthermore for "ASSIGNED to next actor" one has to keep 
> >copying'n'pasting the other person's address to reassign to them which 
> >can get pretty tedious for quick interchanges IMHO.  With NEEDINFO it is 
> >easy just to set "from Reporter" or "from Assignee" etc.
> >
> 
> I have not heard any valid argument against "ASSIGNED to next actor" 
> beyond this user interface problem.  With the current user interface, it 
> can be error prone if reviewers don't read and understand the written 
> documentation.

I have not heard any valid argument in favour of "ASSIGNED to next actor".

Regards,
R.

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