[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||41652 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41652 [Bug 41652] "NO-BREAK SPACE" (U+00A0) interpreted as fixed-width space -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 BogdanB changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||158064 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158064 [Bug 158064] Day position into cells -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||135425 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135425 [Bug 135425] Edges of Arabic text are hidden if you don't continuously update the page formatting manually -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 111705, which changed state. Bug 111705 Summary: Allowing Arabic mathematical expressions https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111705 What|Removed |Added Status|ASSIGNED|RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 خالد حسني changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||111705 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111705 [Bug 111705] Allowing Arabic mathematical expressions -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 BogdanB changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||153378 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153378 [Bug 153378] FILEOPEN PPTX: Wrong text direction for math symbols (-+) in right-to-left shape -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 150922, which changed state. Bug 150922 Summary: Default Arabic style names have a gratuitous definite article marker https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150922 What|Removed |Added Status|ASSIGNED|RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 151968, which changed state. Bug 151968 Summary: Squiggly lines cover misspelled Arabic words https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151968 What|Removed |Added Status|REOPENED|RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 151968, which changed state. Bug 151968 Summary: Squiggly lines cover misspelled Arabic words https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151968 What|Removed |Added Status|RESOLVED|REOPENED Resolution|FIXED |--- -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 64830, which changed state. Bug 64830 Summary: RTL: LibreOffice requires duplicated hunspell dictionary for each Arabic locale https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64830 What|Removed |Added Status|ASSIGNED|RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||134226 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134226 [Bug 134226] Arabic diacritics and shadda overlap when shadda is in a separate span -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on|134226 | Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134226 [Bug 134226] Arabic diacritics and shadda overlap when shadda is in a separate span -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 91235, which changed state. Bug 91235 Summary: appending nowidth breaking character, corrupts searching in Persian https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91235 What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |WORKSFORME -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Roman Kuznetsov <79045_79...@mail.ru> changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||91235 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91235 [Bug 91235] appending nowidth breaking character, corrupts searching in Persian -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 154495, which changed state. Bug 154495 Summary: Autodetecting Arabic locale as Hindi https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154495 What|Removed |Added Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |DUPLICATE -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 --- Comment #6 from AvidSeeker --- * [Autodetecting Arabic as Hindi](https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154495) * [Changing paragraph style switches back to LTR](https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151857) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 --- Comment #5 from AvidSeeker --- I gathered a list of Libreoffice bugs related to Arabic [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/arabic_linux/comments/1076evr/libreoffice_list_of_known_arabic_bug_issues/). Posting them for convenience: --- Current issues in Libreoffice: 1. [Kashida Justification support](https://www.reddit.com/r/arabic_linux/comments/x8wwxa/kashida_justification/). 2. [Break line on text direction change](https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56408). 3. [Non persistent text-direction on changing paragraph style](https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151857) 4. [Squiggly lines covering misspelled Arabic words](https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151968). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||154495 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154495 [Bug 154495] Autodetecting Arabic locale as Hindi -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 154549, which changed state. Bug 154549 Summary: Hebrew Nikkud marks mis-positioned on Arabic letters https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154549 What|Removed |Added Status|ASSIGNED|RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||154549 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154549 [Bug 154549] Hebrew Nikkud marks mis-positioned on Arabic letters -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||154029 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154029 [Bug 154029] Table height minimization ignores height-increasing combining characters when fallback font is used -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||154104 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154104 [Bug 154104] Arabic combined-character overlaps previous Hebrew character when not marked as Arabic -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 151968, which changed state. Bug 151968 Summary: Squiggly lines cover misspelled Arabic words https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151968 What|Removed |Added Status|ASSIGNED|RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 153436, which changed state. Bug 153436 Summary: Arabic spell checking is not available with macOS Spell Checker https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153436 What|Removed |Added Status|ASSIGNED|RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 خالد حسني changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||153436 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153436 [Bug 153436] Arabic spell checking is not available with macOS Spell Checker -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 146220, which changed state. Bug 146220 Summary: Bold (Ctrl+B) does not work in Arabic keyboard layout in libreoffice-kf5 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146220 What|Removed |Added Status|RESOLVED|REOPENED Resolution|WORKSFORME |--- -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 146220, which changed state. Bug 146220 Summary: Bold (Ctrl+B) does not work in Arabic keyboard layout https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146220 What|Removed |Added Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |WORKSFORME -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 152473, which changed state. Bug 152473 Summary: LibreOffice bundles old/buggy versions of some Arabic fonts https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152473 What|Removed |Added Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |DUPLICATE -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||152473 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152473 [Bug 152473] LibreOffice bundles old/buggy versions of some Arabic fonts -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 152196, which changed state. Bug 152196 Summary: Visible gaps in Arabic/Persian text with fallback font https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152196 What|Removed |Added Status|ASSIGNED|RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||152196 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152196 [Bug 152196] Visible gaps in Arabic/Persian text with fallback font -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added URL||https://t.me/+UHz-eKUtVb52P ||0Kr -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 149457, which changed state. Bug 149457 Summary: Arabic Text Scrambled and Unreadable in PDF Files Opened by LibreOffice Draw https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149457 What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |DUPLICATE -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||151968 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151968 [Bug 151968] Squiggly lines cover misspelled Arabic words -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on|151857 | Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151857 [Bug 151857] Non persistent text-direction on changing paragraph style -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Rafael Lima changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||151857 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151857 [Bug 151857] Non persistent text-direction on changing paragraph style -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 126657, which changed state. Bug 126657 Summary: Linking text switches Hindi numerals to Arabic numerals if set to respect context https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126657 What|Removed |Added Status|ASSIGNED|RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 خالد حسني changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||126657 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126657 [Bug 126657] Linking text switches Hindi numerals to Arabic numerals if set to respect context -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||150516 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150516 [Bug 150516] Justified Arabic text is displayed incorrectly on 100% zoom -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 150726, which changed state. Bug 150726 Summary: Wrong rendering of characters for colored Arabic text when enabling "Toggle formatting marks" https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150726 What|Removed |Added Status|ASSIGNED|RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||149457 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149457 [Bug 149457] Arabic Text Scrambled and Unreadable in PDF Files Opened by LibreOffice Draw -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 149457, which changed state. Bug 149457 Summary: Arabic Text Scrambled and Unreadable in PDF Files Opened by LibreOffice Draw https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149457 What|Removed |Added Status|VERIFIED|REOPENED Resolution|DUPLICATE |--- -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||150922 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150922 [Bug 150922] Default Arabic style names have a gratuitous definite article marker -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 149022, which changed state. Bug 149022 Summary: Different-color Arabic letters typeset as disconnected from each other https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149022 What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |DUPLICATE -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Bug 112810 depends on bug 150724, which changed state. Bug 150724 Summary: Wrong placement of diacritics when setting color for each glyph https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150724 What|Removed |Added Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |DUPLICATE -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Hossein changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||150726 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150726 [Bug 150726] Wrong rendering of characters for colored Arabic text when enabling "Toggle formatting marks" -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Hossein changed: What|Removed |Added Depends on||150724 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150724 [Bug 150724] Wrong placement of diacritics when setting color for each glyph -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Alias|RTL-Arabic | -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Alias||RTL-Arabic-and-Farsi -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112810] [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112810 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added Summary|[META] Arabic |[META] Arabic & Farsi |language-specific RTL |language-specific RTL |issues |issues --- Comment #4 from Eyal Rozenberg --- > Should this meta-bug also cover everything related to Farsi? Or should that > be a separate meta-bug? It looks like the answer is "yes", so renaming the bug. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
