Comment 16 for bug 204980

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Rhonda D'Vine (rhonda) wrote : Re: [Bug 204980] Re: bug contacts should be able to unsubscribe from implicit subscriptions

* Tom Berger <email address hidden> [2009-11-16 00:51:46 CET]:
> I don't think there's currently an agreed solution to this problem
> (should this bug really be set to Incomplete?). One option is not
> sending notification for duplicates, since there's some anecdotal
> evidence that they are not actually that useful.

 This is not what this bug is about. If this actually does also happen
then it should be tracked in a seperate bug (and indeed would be
additionally annoying).

> Another solution would be to provide 'negative' subscriptions, that
> is, the ability to request that no further notifications be sent
> regarding a particular object (but that solution is quite involved).

 This is exactly what this bug is about and which is extremely
inconvenient as has been lied out several times already, I thought.

 Thanks,
Rhonda