Comment 12 for bug 149775

On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 12:39 +0000, Saïvann Carignan wrote:
> I agree to that too.
>
> We must not mix up vote system and priority in a bug tracking system,
> the vote must be independent from the priority of the bug. The vote is a
> clue which will help people to gather around priorities but the vote
> isn't the priority itself. I continue to think that if this idea is
> correctly implemented in launchpad, it will gives great benefit for the
> community.
>
> Vote system can help tracking which blueprint are in demand, which bugs
> affects a lot of users. It can also help by reducing noise in launchpad.
>
> But maybe I'm wrong, it's my actual opinion :)
>

Exactly, the voting/rating does not need to have any effect on
prioritization. The priority would still be set by whoever does it now.
It is just an additional source of information for the guys who maintain
the queue of open bugs. It will be easier for them to decide which bug
is of public interest and which is not.

The same applies to blueprints. If in case Canonical or other party
wants to fund some development it would be more easy for them to decide
which one will have great community resonance.