[Development] Priority field in Jira

[Lorn Potter]

On 25/2/20 8:11 PM, Joerg Bornemann wrote:
> On 2/25/20 10:31, Edward Welbourne wrote:
> 
>> How about: because we can always over-ride them if we really disagree;
>> and their prioritising of the bug is an opening for discussion of why
>> it's so important to them - which, after all, we might have missed.
>>
>> I'd rather have a dialog than a privilege,
> 
> This is about expertise, not privilege. For reporters, the priority is
> usually muuuuuuch higher than for us or even other users of Qt, because
> the priority is assessed from the viewpoint of their project.
> 
> Let's say I've written this audio player app and found some quirk in
> QtMultimedia that makes skipping impossible every once in a while. Users
> give one star ratings and complain loudly.
> What priority is this bug for me? Well, P0 of course.
> For us? Not so much...

That's when one uses the privilege of being the assignee to change the 
priority to what you think it is, with an explanation to the reporter 
why it isn't a P0.

Removing the ability for a reporter to change priority does not seem all 
that inclusive to me.
my 2c...

> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Joerg
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