Hi all. A concept for a feature under BugId 359251

[Leon KUKOVEC]

Hi all,

LDAP would certainly be a nice to have, but
I guess we can address that as an extension to the orignal idea.

I'd like to focus on requirements first and then close the open
issues.
Let's keep implementation details away from this for now.
Feel free to add items/remove items from all lists.

Why we do it:
  1. Today, whenever e-mail distribution list is added to the CC,
people that are
     members of the distribution list could be also on CC
individually. As a result
     those people will get many e-mails on the same subject. We'd like
     Bugzilla to send the e-mail only once.

These are the facts that should be done no matter how we implement it:
  1. a group name has to be added, using regular Bugzilla
administration
  2. list of users (valid login_names) has to be added to the group,
using regular Bugzilla user/group administration

Open issues that I see:
  1. do we really need group support in all fields or just the CC
field?
  2. is a group name a login_name (e-mail address) or a Bugzilla
group?
  3. what to do to make extensions (such as LDAP lookups) possible for
group?

On Jul 10, 12:56 am, Charlie Powell <powe... at powelltechs.com> wrote:
> The retrieval of group information via ldap would be a nice idea, although a potential issue that could arrise there is discrepancies between various ldap infrastructures. (Please correct me if I'm wrong, as my ldap experience is very little and only just recent, but)... Can groups be defined in different means for different ldap servers, ie: M$'s AD vs. Zimbra's implementation? Either way, there would still need to be an internal mechanism, such as Bugzilla::Group, that provides the interface to the gui and logic.
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