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  1. Bug #283539
  2. Comment #22

Comment 22 for bug 283539

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Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote : Re: [Bug 283539] Re: +affectsmetoo has no visible effect

On 09/02/2009, Tom Berger <email address hidden> wrote:
> > ... there's no display of how many people it affects
>
> There is probably not going to be such a display (though you can get
> the numbers using the API). There is some other work going on using
> this data to provide a general measurement of bug "hotness", but
> there's pretty much a consensus that displaying the actual number of
> affected users in the web UI will not add, and possibly detract, from
> the usefulness of this feature.

I think making it so that you need an extra program (using the API) to
get any information is a really negative step. Just extra barriers
etc.