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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Bugzilla permissions

From: Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 19:44:40 -0500
On 12/12/2014 01:14 PM, Stephen Fisher wrote:
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 09:25:00AM -0500, Bill Meier wrote:

ISTR a reason the "assigned to" is left unchanged is something about
email notices about the bug need to go to the administrator or
something.

I recall another reason (although I may be recalling incorrectly), that
leaving it assigned to wireshark-bugs keeps updates going to the
wireshark-bugs mailing list whereas if its assigned to a particular
person those e-mail updates wouldn't go out.

Yes, but that's no longer needed: Gerald changed it quite some time ago so that wireshark-bugs gets all bug updates, not just for bugs assigned-to (or Cc:) wireshark-bugs.

That's why the bottom of the -bugs mails now say:

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    You are watching all bug changes.