[Mageia-dev] New bugzilla proposal

[andre999]

Frederic Janssens a écrit :
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> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 17:49, andre999<andr55 at laposte.net>  wrote:
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>> Frederic Janssens a écrit :
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>>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 06:19, andre999<andr55 at laposte.net>    wrote:
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>>>> As for documentation and translations, a while back I suggested a similar separation, but on reflection I think it would be more useful to have flags :
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>>>> 1) problem with documentation (and not function)
>>>> These bugs would be best corrected by those with good documentation skills, not necessarily the average programmmer.
>>>>
>>>> 2) problem with translation (and not function)
>>>> These bugs would be best corrected by technical translators for the language in question.  Again, not necessarily the average programmer.
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>>> I am working on a script intended to make it easyer to report bugs usefully.
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>>> Technically, would these flags be new fields,
>>> or standardized entries in the Keywords field,
>>> such as NEEDINFO in the present Mandriva bugzilla ?
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>>
>> Just verified with bugzilla to make sure.
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>> Documentation and translations are listed as options under "components".
>> However any such bug could also be associated with another component, such as "core packages" or "release media".
>> We could even have translation bugs of documentation.
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>> So it would seem better if these were independant flags, instead of options.
>> It that case they would be new fields.
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>> As for security, there are already 2 such flags, at the bottom of the main bug entry page.  (Under the title "privacy".)
>> Checking either of these flags will cause a bug to be hidden from most users, as explained beside the check boxes.
>> (For this reason, it would be better to _not_ duplicate these particular flags elsewhere.)
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>> see https://qa.mandriva.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Mandriva Linux&format=guided
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> The potential problem with new fields, which would be better,
> would be to make shure that they are accessible with the xmlrpc interface,
> that I use for my script.
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> The inbuilt Keywords field, which does not appear on the Mandriva
> 'guided' input page,
> but does appear on the 'expert' input page, is accessible with the
> xmlrpc interface.
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> The xmlrpc interface does not seem to automatically have access to all fields.
> But it is difficult to be shure : the xmlrpc interface of Mandriva
> bugzilla does not work;
> and the Mageia  bugzilla only has the default fields at present.
> I think I will have to create a local bugzilla to test that.

I have been working on a modified bugzilla entry page - only the user 
side, but it shows the layout I had in mind
not quite finished - I'll post it on the list (or elsewhere if you wish) 
when done.

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>> Good luck with your script :)
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> Thanks
>
>> André

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André