Not obvious that expired questions can be reopened
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launchpad itself |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Please let us answer expired questions, as described by this question:
https:/
E.g. I'd like to answer this question:
https:/
When I visit my own expired questions it offers a button: "I still need an answer", which reopens it.
But on the above question, by someone else, even though it lets me edit the question itself (!), as I have done., it doesn't provide a way to reactivate the bug so it can be answered.
The question could be asked again, but the subscribers to the original question wouldn't know about it or the answer.
Also, anyone should be able to say "I still need an answer" even if they didn't ask the question. Again, we all benefit from the subscriber list.
| Martin Pool (mbp) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in launchpad-answers: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in launchpad-answers: | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| Changed in launchpad-answers: | |
| status: | Triaged → Won't Fix |
| Neal McBurnett (nealmcb) wrote | #2 |
| Curtis Hovey (sinzui) wrote Re: [Bug 226690] Re: Let us answer expired launchpad questions | #3 |
| Martin Pool (mbp) wrote Re: Let us answer expired launchpad questions | #4 |
| Martin Pool (mbp) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in launchpad-answers: | |
| status: | Won't Fix → New |
| summary: |
- Let us answer expired launchpad questions + Not obvious that expired questions can be reopened |
| Changed in launchpad-answers: | |
| importance: | High → Low |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| tags: | added: confusing-ui |
| tags: | added: questions |
| Hans Deragon (deragon) wrote | #6 |
You can reopen the question through the 'edit status' action item.
It may be that some people who could answer the question do not have permission to reopen it, and that would be a bug.
Secondly, for me on Bazaar questions, I do have permission to reopen them, but this is a bit indirect. I need to change the status to Open then add an answer. (Or is it enough to change the status to Answered from that field?)
Either way, why not leave the field at the bottom of expired questions, or at least have an obvious link where it would be to reopen it.