I’m thrilled to see that when I edit a group’s “default categories watching” I even get asked whether I want to apply the changes historically (i.e. to existing users) or just for users added in the future. This is excellent!
However, while this worked with the first group I edited, the question did not come up when I added other groups thereafter. Is this perhaps a bug?
Edit: I have been playing with this feature for a while now and I believe is is not working as intended:
This is not how my instance behaves ( 2.8.0.beta4 0e53769f71). For example, I have a group with 21 members where most (or everyone) is watching first post on catergory A. When I now set the group to watch category A, I am told that if I want to apply this change historically, it will affect 1 user. I don’t understand why it doesn’t affect all 21 members.
Similarly, I have a group with 42 members, most of whom are already watching first post in category B. If I now set the group to watch category B, it affects 6 users…
How can I debug this?
Edit2: I can confirm that the category is only set to Watching for those members who don’t have any setting for this category yet.