Most people here are probably aware of the debate about "subscribe" posts and the related limitations and annoyances.
(Ref. for example "Death to subscribe comments" - http://drupal.org/node/34496)

A useful feature that could help limit that (although with its own extra benefits and purposes/uses) could be to have a way to subscribe to the fixed status of an issue.

Instead of posting the infamous "subscribe" on an issue, the user could instead click on a link to just subscribe to the desired status, without bumping it or notifying/disturbing others about it.

Then, whenever a subscribed issue has any change related to the subscribed status (either getting that status or loosing it), the user could get notified by email, and perhaps have a block each user can choose to make visible here at drupal.org that lists the latest changes to such a "queue", with a read-more link to a "tracker" that would list all issues the user is subscribed to.

A way to unsubscribe could be interesting too.

Comments

killes@www.drop.org’s picture

Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

yes, we are

klonos’s picture

Title: Subscribing to a status of an issue (including effect on subscribe comments problem) » Provide a way to send email notifications *only* if certain (per-user defined) statuses are set - not on every single new post.

That feature would be really useful not only for notifying people of the "fixed" status of an issue. It would also help to call for testers (people subscribing to the "needs review" status) everytime there's something available for testing. So, +1

I don't think that this is a dupe, because despite the fact that it aims to remedy the same issue, it suggests a different way (to supplement the solution - not replace it). Hope that the title change makes this a bit clearer

PS: sorry for hijacking your issue Daniel - I only mean well ;)

Leeteq’s picture

Status: Closed (duplicate) » Active

Yes, I fail to see how this can be regarded as a duplicate, and would like to keep it open a while to see if more people would like this.

bryancasler’s picture

I'm enthusiastic about this idea too

killes@www.drop.org’s picture

Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

being enthusiastic doesn't help if there's no patch.

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