[Python-Dev] Enhanced tracker privileges for "dangerjim" to do triage.

[Brett Cannon]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 01:19, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 26 April 2010 07:12, Sean Reifschneider <jafo at tummy.com> wrote:
> > Two of the 3 easiest things I came up with for an outsider to help out
> > with, are things that his account couldn't do.
>
> Would in not therefore be reasonable to question whether the *default*
> privileges be changed to allow "outsiders" to do these things, rather
> than asking for escalated privileges for one individual? (Or more
> likely, as well as doing so, as changing the default is likely to be a
> longer discussion...)
>

No, the permission levels are purposefully where they are. I have personally
had back-and-forths with bug submitters over the priority of an issue
because they just happened to think it was more important than it really
was. It gets really annoying when you start to get constant bug updates
because someone chose to change the priority on their own. Besides the
fields under discussion are for developers, not the bug submitters.

Sean's friend can start off easily by simply commenting on an issue saying
"this issue should probably have a normal priority" and someone with
Developer privileges can then go in and either set it or disagree. As he
does that more and more he will get noticed and recommended for elevated
privileges or he can ask for them.

-Brett



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