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* Renaming a whiteboard tag requires writing a script to update every bug with that tag, changing its last modified timestamp and generating bugmail; other solutions involve a simple change by administrators | * Renaming a whiteboard tag requires writing a script to update every bug with that tag, changing its last modified timestamp and generating bugmail; other solutions involve a simple change by administrators | ||
* Whiteboard tags cannot be disabled; people might continue to provide them after they are no longer relevant thinking they still apply | * Whiteboard tags cannot be disabled; people might continue to provide them after they are no longer relevant thinking they still apply | ||
* If desired it's possible to restrict who can set flags to particular values; it will never be possible to prevent accidental or other changes to the whiteboard from any user with editbugs or the bug's reporter | |||
Consider using a keyword, a flag, or a status flag. You can request this on [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=bugzilla.mozilla.org&component=Administration Bugzilla]. | Consider using a keyword, a flag, or a status flag. You can request this on [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=bugzilla.mozilla.org&component=Administration Bugzilla]. | ||