[ckan-dev] Notifications that you've been added to a group/org

[Vitor Baptista]

Hi all,

Ira and I were talking about adding notifications for users when they're
added to a group/organization.

The use-case we're trying to solve is when you have an organization owner
that's adding people to her organization, so they can add (or review)
datasets. These users are waiting for this to be able to work. It would be
good to notify them, so they don't have to keep logging in CKAN to realise
they have access.

I created an issue and committed a patch that creates a new ActivityStream
entry whenever the user is added to a group/org (
https://github.com/okfn/ckan/issues/1242). With that, she will receive a
notification in the usual "You have new activity" email. But this might not
be enough.

Maybe we need a separate notification e-mail. But, before that, we have to
analyze when the notifications at large are sent, so we don't risk flooding
the users. Also, how can the user deactivate them? Right now, I think the
notifications can only be deactivated system-wide, right? If so, maybe it
would be good to have more granularity? Taking care not to over-engineer.

Even though we still have these questions, the patch I created already adds
value for the users, so it could be reviewed/merged. Then, after discussing
our options, we can build a better solution.

Cheers,

Vítor Baptista

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