[Koha-devel] Proposal to change Bugzilla Status and Patch Status values

[Chris Nighswonger]

+1 here.

2012/1/6 Ian Walls <ian.walls at bywatersolutions.com>:
> Fellow Koha-ckers,
>
>
> A comment on bug 7167
> (http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7167) has gotten
> my interest re-awakened about a proposed Bugzilla revision that had been
> floated earlier this release cycle.
>
> I'd like to remove Patch Status, and move all those values to the regular
> Status field.  This has the following advantages:
>
> Status is a built-in field, so it's got much richer support in Bugzilla.
> For example, status workflows can be added.  Patch Status is a custom field,
> and is just a list of values
> We would no longer lose the Priority value of a bug by having to set it to
> Patch Sent in order to get the Patch Status values visible
> Statuses can be updated as part of submitting an attachment like a patch,
> streamlining the patch submission process (fewer clicks to keep all the
> fields up to date).
>
> I'd also like to add a new status, "In Discussion", for bug reports that
> have deeper procedural, philsophical or technical implications outside that
> of mere coding (bug 7167 being an example).
>
> We're not using Status for anything else, so there is no trade-off there.
> This is really how the Status field is meant to be used.  We will, however,
> have to rebuild the canned searches that look for patches that Need Signoff,
> are Signed Off, and are Passed QA/Failed QA.
>
> The other difficulty of this proposal is that we'll need to turn off
> automatic bug emails for a bit while we make the bulk changes to the Patch
> Statuses; otherwise, we'll all get spammed to high heaven with meaningless
> updates when the migration occurs.
>
> What do people think?  Does this sound like a reasonable change to make?
> Any objections?
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> -Ian
>
>
> -- Ian Walls
>
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