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

[Galen Charlton]

+1 --gmc

On 01/06/2012 09:37 AM, Ian Walls wrote:
> 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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