Modification to Bugzilla

[Christian Reis]

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 05:07:46PM +0100, Mark Ingram wrote:
> Not allowing unregistered or non-logged in users to view the buglist or
> reports.
> Not allowing anyone to create a new account accept the administrator.
> Only allowing a user to belong to one user group at a time.

Doesn't the `recent' bug groups changes allow for this (or does it just
make it easier/possible to add?).

> These are only minor aspects of the project, as the end goal is to add a
> regression testing system module to Bugzilla. This means adding a test for
> confirming each bug has been fixed and then generating a random list of
> tests for our technicians to carry out.

This is pretty neat. I'm trying to think how easily this could fit in
show_bug.cgi. A special flag to attachments, maybe ([x] Testcase).

Has anybody ever considered ideas to make show_bug.cgi more `scalable'
wrt to features and fields? The current layout is quite a bit
constrictive, and it's not easy to imaging fitting extra features into
it without hurting overall usability further (it is scary as it is!).

> I have started making these modifications and have tried to observe the
> developers guidelines, but ultimately would like to know if these
> modifications are going to be of interest to the Bugzilla community. i.e. In
> one way or another would you be interested in receiving these modifications
> after completion or are they too customised for our own use?

Easiest way is to open small bugs and provide patches for them. The more
limited the impact of the change, the easier it is to get review of it
[*] -- simple patches should go in in a week or so if approved.

[*] Speaking honestly, in practice, large, sweeping changes take ages to
discuss, months to review, and require the person coding involve himself
rather intensely -- it's like getting a dayjob :-) I'm not meaning to
dissuade you, just helping you understand the commitment.

Take care,
--
Christian Reis, Senior Engineer, Async Open Source, Brazil.
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