regex based groups and email address changing

[Joel Peshkin]

Daniel Berlin wrote:

>
> On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 12:31  PM, Joel Peshkin wrote:
>
>> For group regexps applied in 2.16.* and prior, the regexp only 
>> applies when an account is initially created and is then 
>> indistinguishable from an explicitly granted group permission.  For 
>> 2.17 and on, the group regexps are applied continuously so that a 
>> user will gain and lose group permissions as the email is changed.
>>
>
> Hmmm.
> Okay. Is this by design? I can understand the arguments for and 
> against it, i just want to know whether to file a bug on it.
>
>> -
>
Yes.  This is by design.   There is bug 181589 addressing adding a 
mass-edit capability for editgroups. 

-Joel