Feature #15348
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"Issues can be assigned to this group"
Description
While editing roles, there is a checkbox called Issues can be assigned to this role.
Would it be easy to have the same sort of checkbox for a group ?
Context¶
Since Issues can now be assigned to groups, we would like to use those groups to affect issues to an entire Team (today we use special users that represent the team). But we also have "helper" groups, that only serve to easily handle rights on projects, and we would not like to see those as potential assignees. So the easy fix would be to set some option on those groups to prevent them from appearing in the assignee list box.
Updated by Go MAEDA 4 days ago
- Category changed from Administration to Groups
I agree with this request. I have the same problem in my company's Redmine. Some groups are only used to manage project members, but they are still shown in the assignee list. This is confusing, because these groups should not be an assignees.
But I think the option name should not be like "Issues can be assigned to this group". With this name, it looks like checking this is enough to allow assigning issues to the group. But in reality, issue assignment to groups also depends on the global setting "Allow issue assignment to groups". So the checkbox name like "Exclude this group from issue assignee candidates" is clearer and has less risk of misunderstanding.