On Sat, 17 May 2008, Joey Hess wrote: > Mike Hommey wrote: > > The BTS would also need something to make it easier to spot patches in a > > bug. Patch tracking is one of the few things bugzilla is not bad at, for > > instance. > > I guess you're talking about a way for the BTS allow downloading of the last > (or preferred) patch sent to a bug. And not just deciding when to set > the "patch" tag. That would be useful for the QA tool that checks if > divergence's patches match the debianised source. Dunno if it's > mandatory, the tool could also use heuristics, or try every attachment > that looks like a patch and see which, if any, match.
One of the wishlist features for the BTS that I've been contemplating setting up is a "summary" feature, whre the current summary of a bug is shown at the top, with the history continuing below. This could be easily extended to having patch messages nominate themselves as the summary message. Don Armstrong -- An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications. -- Robert Heinlein _Time Enough For Love_ p244 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
