Todo for a mention should be "bumpable"
When you create a todo for someone, they won't get another todo on the same issue / MR for any subsequent mentions. That also makes it hard to see when the latest mention on a particular todo was.
We can fix this in a multi-step process:
- When a new mention occurs and there's an existing todo, bump the
updated_atof that todo. - Allow sorting todos by updated at, both ascending and descending.
- When sorting by updated at, show the text from the most recent note that created a todo, not the first note that created a todo.
Original issue:
Right now, if you mention a user on an issue or MR, it creates a todo for them. But if some time passes, and they don't get to the todo right away, you might want to ping them again to get their attention.
Hey @soandso, I still need your feedback on this!. But because there's already an existing todo for that issue or MR, nothing happens.I think it would be good to let the latest mention take precedence for the todo.
One counter-argument might be that people address their oldest todos first and this would interrupt that workflow. But I think because we show the most recent todos first, this is unlikely.
A happy medium might be to allow todos to have a "count". "You were mentioned on this issue. You've also been mentioned an additional 5 times."