[Zope-dev] Re: [Zope-Coders] Collector Status Meanings

[Ken Manheimer]

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Chris Withers wrote:

> > I also think it's not quite right to suggest that someone wishing to join
> > the effort to work on an accepted issue should contact the supporters -
> > accepting/assigning yourself *will* contact the assigned supporters.  
> 
> Yes, but you can't assign yourself unless you're a tracker supporter, right?
> 
> I'd prefer not to cut offer potential helpers purely because they're not 
> tracker supporters.
> 
> Two minor bugs got fixed in just this way today...

I wasn't thinking about non-supporter helpers, and wasn't intending to
suggest excluding them.  You're right, it would be good to tell them to
contact a supporter if they want to help.  In fact, this applies whether
or not the issue is accepted, right?  And it's important to indicate that
you're talking about non-supporters, so as to not confuse or mislead
supporters - something like:

  If you intend to work on an issue but are not on the collector staff,
  add a comment to the issue indicating so.  You will not be 
  able to change the status of the issue, but you can leave remarks about 
  how it is settled so some supporter can review and settle it 
  accordingly.

Ken