Tickets :: Comment on [#4895] Number comments for easier reference

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Comment	> It would be helpful to number comments for easier reference, > especially in the following scenarios: > > 1. Discussing a ticket over the phone while both parties are looking > at the ticket online > > 2. Responding to multiple comments in a single comment block > > > > I see at least two ways to do this: > > 1. Simply use the value from whups_comments.comment_id > > + Easy to implement > > - Not guaranteed to be sequential > > 2. When rendering, number the comments with oldest = 1 > > + Easy to implement > > - Comment #s may be inaccurate if comment is deleted > > 3. Uniquely number comments within a ticket > > + Resilient to deletions of comments > > - More difficult to implement > > > > I personally wouldn't mind #1, but I know that will confuse many, if > not most, users. I don't immediately recall anyway to delete > comments from the UI (perhaps that should be another ticket?), so #2 > would work fine except for when deleted out from under whups in the > db directly. #3 is probably the best way to go.
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