Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#8211 closed defect (fixed)
Don't disown tickets when changing the component to a non-assigned one
| Reported by: | Owned by: | Remy Blank | |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 0.11.5 |
| Component: | admin/web | Version: | 0.11.1 |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Branch: | ||
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Description
trac-admin requires owners when creating components. webadmin does not. If you create a component without an owner and change a ticket's component to that unowned component, the ticket ends up unowned as well.
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follow-up: 2 comment:1 by , 16 years ago
follow-up: 3 comment:2 by , 16 years ago
Replying to rblank:
… And yes, changing the component of a ticket will also change the owner. I think that's by design, but I'll need confirmation about that. Maybe it would make sense not to change the owner if the component owner is empty?
Or if the ticket already has an owner. I think of the component owner as supplying the default owner for a ticket if I don't specify an owner of the ticket explicitly. Once an owner is assigned to a ticket, I wouldn't want changing the component to change the owner at all.
comment:3 by , 16 years ago
| Milestone: | → 0.11.6 |
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Replying to ChrisN@…:
Replying to rblank:
… And yes, changing the component of a ticket will also change the owner. I think that's by design, but I'll need confirmation about that. Maybe it would make sense not to change the owner if the component owner is empty?
Agreed.
Or if the ticket already has an owner. I think of the component owner as supplying the default owner for a ticket if I don't specify an owner of the ticket explicitly. Once an owner is assigned to a ticket, I wouldn't want changing the component to change the owner at all.
No, imagine the wrong component has been picked-up (not uncommon at all …), then with your suggestion, you would have to fix the owner "by hand" after fixing the component (if you know who is the component owner, that is). So I prefer to have the occasional need to revert to the previous owner (you'll always see who it was) in case the change of owner is not appropriate when you change the component.
comment:5 by , 16 years ago
| Summary: | Webadmin allows components wtihout owners → Don't disown tickets when changing the component to a non-assigned one |
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Note that the logic is slightly more complex than what is obvious. The owner only changes when changing the component if:
- The ticket status is "new"
- The owner is not changed by another means (e.g. re-assignment) in the same operation
- The current owner is the owner of the old component
comment:6 by , 16 years ago
| Milestone: | 0.11.6 → 0.11.5 |
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| Resolution: | → fixed |
| Status: | new → closed |
Being able not to specify a component owner is intentional. On this site, for example, only a few components have owners.
If you don't want to specify a component owner in
trac-admin, you can pass the empty string ("") as the owner.And yes, changing the component of a ticket will also change the owner. I think that's by design, but I'll need confirmation about that. Maybe it would make sense not to change the owner if the component owner is empty?