On Fri, 2025-01-24 at 17:49 +0100, Fabio Fantoni wrote: > > If we want to continue to use mainly BTS I think you should have an > integration with something that allows you to do more things from the > web interface, in a simple and fast way. > > I recently saw this project that seems good to slightly improve some > things, for example: https://fabre.debian.net/ > > Talking about salsa it comes to mind that it could be used for > authentication if the possibility of doing operations from the web on > BTS (if will be added), therefore keeping the opening of bugs via the > usual tool or via email, renewed navigation in bugs and the possibility > of responses and operations both in the old method via email and from > the web. Among the functions that can be added, perhaps it could be to > connect more easily to any MR in the repository. Add more default links, > to make it easier and faster to reach the packaging repository (if > present), the upstream repository (from upstream metadata, if present) > and possible others. It has been useful to me in many cases (and it will > be useful again), it may seems not be very useful but having some things > more at hand and also being able to reach some parts by making a few > less clicks and changing tabs when perhaps you end up doing such > operations a few hundred or thousand times a year no longer seems like a > useless or insignificant advantage. > > What do you think? >
Having more options on how to use the BTS would be a good idea in my opinion. I'd imagine that the BTS stays as the central system, but others connect to it. For example, merge requests or issues on salsa could optionally (or even always) be mirrored to the BTS, which might help with the problem that salsa may not run gitlab some time in the future. That way, a extra platform with easy ui could be added to the BTS. This would require a sort of API, besides E-Mail, which I do not know if the BTS has one. Of course, I'm only playing make believe. And it would all have to be developed and maintained. Overall, extending the BTS with "extra services" might be a worthwhile goal. Best wishes and still hoping my thoughts are relevant, Christoph PS: Thanks to Fabio for making me aware, I had accidentally sent this mail only to him before. -- * Christoph J. Scherr - Student * Website: https://www.cscherr.de
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