Proposed Features for Launchpad Bugs 3.0 - call for help!

[Reinhard Tartler]

Hello kiko, hello fellow MOTUs


I did receive some answers, thanks to everyone who has contributed so
far, all your comments will get considered and used to compile a big
picture!

However, I'm sorry to say that I didn't manage to compile prioritised
list that the launchpad crew asked us to do, yet. I don't have the
feeling that we enough answers to form a representative opinion on what
specs the launchpad crew should work on next, so I'd suggest that we
leave people a bit more time to discuss the list I've sent around.

Moreover, I'll be away from net for vacation starting on tomorrow. I've
therefore asked Stefan Potyra to complete the task and forwarded him all
emails that you have sent me so far, I hope this is OK for
everyone. Please send further lists and comments to him.

My current impression is that the list of specs is too long. The answers
I received so far show a very mixed picture. There were quite some
fearful comments about some specs (like the "Sorry, you aren't
experienced enough to be allowed to report a bug"-spec), where I think
that there is mainly misunderstanding involved. We could of course try
to educate people more about the meaning of the various specs, but since
the launchpad guys need the list rather quickly, I'm not sure if it is
worth doing that.

Having said this, I have a urgent plea: If you implement a spec, please,
pretty please think about who is going to be affected by a change, and
talk to them before starting to change launchpad. Any change that has
the potential to have an effect on workflows we already agreed on is
very likely to cause confusion and anti-sentiments. This already has
happened in the past, unfortunately. And the answers I received so far
support these observations.

As a short mid-term summary, I've identified the following points as
pretty important so far:

 * Fixing bug nominations-related specs
 * Activity log-related specs
 * Performance (currently lp takes about 3(!) secs for a bug page)
 * Unsubscribe from implicit subscriptions

The list is rather short, I agree. I do hope that this email will be
received as a 2nd call for help. Ideally our teams that are heavy users
of launchpad bugs can discuss themselves what things of the list they
would like to see implemented rather sooner than later.

Thanks for reading this and your contributions so far. Now, I'm handing
over to Stefan, who has thankfully agreed to take over until I
return.

See you all soon!

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Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4