You should look for existing tools which could be enhanced before suggesting a new one. `bugz post` (from www-client/pybugz) allows you to submit a new bug report from the command line. Why don't you go and patch that to do all of the automated things you want it to do and then come back and show us?
-Thomas On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:52:03 +0200 Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Denis Dupeyron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > Hi folks, > > just a few thoughts: > > > So yes, I'd love to see something like this someday. And I'd love to > > help implementing it if such a decision was taken. But the question > > remains : it obviously looks useful, but do we need it ? > > I already suggested an bug-reporting tool, which automatically > collects all the necessary data, several weeks ago. This tool is > simply called by commandline and asks the users several questions. > Then it files an bug with some certain syntax and uploads necessary > information (emerge --info, pkg-db extracts, ...). > > Maybe this also could take some load from the bug wranglers, because > based on the user's answers, the bugs could be formatted and assigned > to the right persons without manual interaction. > > I also like to have such an tool, and like to contribute. > > So, now, let's start :) > > Some points which (IMHO) have to be discussed: > > * shall we directly access BGO ? > * what data should be sent ? > * how to gather this data (directly look into /var/db/pkg) ? > * what questions should be asked ? > * should this tool create usual bugs or separate user-support bugs ? > > > cu > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: > http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce > Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: > http://patches.metux.de/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list >
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