Customizing view states

I need to customize the view states for bugs and bug notes in Mantis.  
The short version is that we need three levels: public (viewers can  
view), protected (<developer can view) and private (>=developer can  
view).

This is also the reason why I need to implement http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9427 
  and my note in http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9427 .

Customizing this field hasn't proved as easy as I thought. I have it  
working pretty much as a I need now, but I would like to make it  
better. It seems that the public/private values are hard-coded  
throughout Mantis, which makes sense as only nutters like me and my  
coworkers would need different functionality.

Is there interest in this functionality? I'd be happy to take it up.  
The only catch is that I need to have it working by the end of August  
and I'm guessing that 1.2 won't be out by then, making it necessary to  
do in 1.1.2.

Cheers,

	-J.

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