/setowner completely removes op status from old owner. Intentional?

[Dhwty]

So, TestPanther's working on implementing /setowner for the Pidgin plugin, and we did some tests in which we discovered the former owner of a room is totally removed from the mod list.

As we weren't sure that was intentional, and we had no noot to ask, I brought it here, so I wouldn't forget.

[kiranoot]

Part of another issue. When multiple room owners are allowed this will no longer be a concern.

[princesstrash]

The core issue here is that, internally, the concept of an owner is separate from the concept of a moderator (at least, in code) rather than them being part of the same list and individuals who are also mods are then given the explicit permission of being an "owner" while still being in the same bucket as the rest of everyone else.

A quick fix is just, when someone is un-ownered, just slipping their name into the mod list. The overall fix would be to expand the channel's concept of a user description, having a single list, and placing mods and owners and anything else in that list with variables that segregate one permissions level from another.