Documentation says Bug supervisors are subscribed to all bug reports

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 04:38:25PM -0000, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> We have bug supervisors, people with permission to triage or otherwise
> modify a project's/package's bug reports. We also have structural
> subscriptions, subscribing to a project's/package's bug reports.
>
> Now that these things are separate, bug supervisors should not be
> compulsorily subscribed to all a project's/package's bug reports.

They aren't compulsorily subscribed. They can unsubscribe, while still
being bug supervisors.

> We
> should invite them to subscribe, when they become a bug supervisor, but
> not force them to.

The way it works today is that when you become a bug supervisor, we
automatically create a subscription for you, since that's usually what
people want. After that you can unsubscribe from the projects's bug.

Were you aware of this, or are you suggesting we should tweak the UI,
making it possible to choose whether you want to subscribe already when
you choose to become a bug supervisor?

I was not aware that it was possible to be a bug supervisor without being subscribed to all bug reports. Now that you've said it is possible, I've looked for the interface to unsubscribe:
https://edge.launchpad.net/~mpt/+editemails
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/~launchpad-bugs
https://edge.launchpad.net/~launchpad-bugs

I can't find it, so I'm sympathetic to the Inkscape people not finding it either. Where is it?

(Also, what do you mean by "choose to become a bug supervisor"? I thought supervisors were appointed by project admins.)

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 08:27:53AM -0000, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> I was not aware that it was possible to be a bug supervisor without
> being subscribed to all bug reports. Now that you've said it is
> possible, I've looked for the interface to unsubscribe:
> https://edge.launchpad.net/~mpt/+editemails
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad

Don't you see the "Change bug supervisor" link in the actions portlet
on this last one?

> (Also, what do you mean by "choose to become a bug supervisor"? I
> thought supervisors were appointed by project admins.)

Sorry, you're right. They are appointed by projects admins.

Yes, I see the "Change bug supervisor" link, but that just lets me change the team that's the bug supervisor. I don't want to do that (especially since it would annoy everyone else in the team). I want to leave the supervisor as it is, but not be mailed about every change to every Launchpad bug report.

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:39:28AM -0000, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> Yes, I see the "Change bug supervisor" link, but that just lets me
> change the team that's the bug supervisor. I don't want to do that
> (especially since it would annoy everyone else in the team). I want to
> leave the supervisor as it is, but not be mailed about every change to
> every Launchpad bug report.

Sorry, I misunderstood. So, finding how to unsubscribe is indeed hard.
If you go to https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad, you'll see a
"Subscribe to bug mail" link. That's the one.

We intend to permit project owners to grant view permission to users and teams in a project--subscription will not be required for access. Users with permission to view everything will can choose to subscribe to email if they want notification.

Bug supervisors are only subscribed to private bugs. This has been the case for several years, but the pages and documentation was never updated.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:56 AM, Curtis Hovey
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Bug supervisors are only subscribed to private bugs. This has been the
> case for several years, but the pages and documentation was never
> updated.

Aren't they not subscribed to private bugs either? Security team gets
that subscription.

Not so. Bug.createBug() has two rules in play

The security team is subscribed to security issues with for most projects, also the private bugs because of the ui. This tule is in play
    if params.security_related:
            if context.security_contact:
                bug.subscribe(context.security_contact, params.owner)
            else:
                bug.subscribe(context.owner, params.owner)

But for more than 300 projects this rule comes into play
    elif params.product and params.product.private_bugs:
            if params.product.bug_supervisor:
                bug.subscribe(params.product.bug_supervisor, params.owner)
            else:
                bug.subscribe(params.product.owner, params.owner)

Fixed in stable r13630 <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~launchpad-pqm/launchpad/stable/revision/13630>.