Repost of new bugzilla tool idea

[Andrew Farris]

Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 13:41:35 -0400,
>   Will Woods <wwoods at redhat.com> wrote:
>> We specifically ignore priority on bugs right now. Bug submitters can  
>> set the field however they like, and everyone thinks *their* bug is  
>> the most important. Until that field is locked so only the assignee  
>> and triagers can modify it, it's not useful.
> 
> What people get to set initially is severity. It makes sense for them to
> be able to supply a value here. While now I usually just leave it, I used
> to set it based on how it affected the usuability of my system. Unless I
> am missing something you can't change priority (using the form normally)
> until after the bug has been submitted.
> I assume that the priority is really for the people working on the bug
> rather than the people submitting the bug, as it isn't very useful
> otherwise. In that case it makes sense that the people working on the bugs
> should have access to it, not the submitters.
> 

That is correct but most of the bug owners tend to ignore both fields, working 
instead with blocker bugs and whiteboard tags of their own making to keep track 
of what is most important for them to work on.

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