Re: I think we need this (implemented) bugzilla feature

[Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>]

On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 07:53:01PM -0500, Sam TH wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 01:10:08AM +0100, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> > Linkname: :Mozilla Project: Bugzilla 2.12 Released
> >      URL:
> > http://news.linuxprogramming.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-04-28-001-06-LT
> > 
> > *** Other changes of note ***
> > 
> > - Support for moving bugs to other Bugzilla databases.
> >   (bug 36133)
> > 
> > GNOME-relevant bugzillas:
> > 
> > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/
> > http://bugzilla.abisource.com/
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
> > http://bugzilla.ximian.com/
> > http://bugzilla.eazel.com/
> > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
> > 
> > I expect I have missed some out. I think Mandrake uses bugzilla too, no?
> > 
> > I don't know anything about bugzilla. I don't know anything about 
> > databases. I don't know anything about the complexity of this. But can
> > can we use this? 
> 
> That looks really cool.  Unfortunately, from looking at my (AbiWord's)
> bugzilla installation, it can only be used to move to one other
> database.  You can change that database, but having to change it for
> every move is really cumbersome.  So, unless there's some
> particularily good target for bugs to be moved to, it's not going to
> help us that much.  :-(
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Maybe if there were a way to specify a central machine that would then
route the bug to a bts that you can some how specify.  I'm picturing
a bug transfer agent or something of the sort.

-Mark Gordon