End users cannot create project groups

Bug #452056 reported by Jonathan Lange
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Launchpad itself
Triaged
Low
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Bug Description

End users aren't allowed to create project groups, which seems to be an arbitrary restriction.

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Jonathan Lange (jml) wrote :

The work-around for the moment is to ask a question at https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad-answers/.

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Curtis Hovey (sinzui) wrote :

This feature was restricted to admins because project groups require a lot of experience and knowledge of managing software projects.

Changed in launchpad-registry:
status: New → Won't Fix
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Jonathan Lange (jml) wrote :

Sorry, but that's not a good enough reason. Why is it a problem if people learn on the job?

Changed in launchpad-registry:
status: Won't Fix → New
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Curtis Hovey (sinzui) wrote :

Because we need to do the cleanup afterwards and we do not have tools to do that. Stop! I know what you are thinking. My general feeling is that filing bugs will not fix project groups. They need to be redesigned to solve a real problem in launchpad. This is not a bug, it is a feature. It needs specification. I am not certain this feature would be needed it we solved categorisation because a project many be a part of many other projects.

Bug 294159 [Cannot nest project groups] Some users want multiple nested project groups. I cannot fathom why. If we really wanted nested, we should make projects nested instead--there would not be any need for a group.

Bug 58297 [Making a project part of a project group should require project group owner's approval] Our recent thinking is to limit adding project to the project group page so that one entity decides who is in the group.

Bug #296303 [Super project shared releases/milestones] The problem here is that milestones are a hack. Launchpad guesses, so it is quite possible for unrelated milestones to be grouped together.

Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
Changed in launchpad-registry:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
tags: added: feature
Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
tags: added: projectgroups
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