Newer custom fields patch

[Craig Stewart]

Sean,

I tried to get onto the archive of this list to
download the custom fields attachment to 2.17.4, but
when running the executable, it errored out on a Win2K
machine.  Is there any way you could email me or post
this as a patch instead of the .exe (or tell me I'm
blind because it's posted as a patch attached to a
bug...I checked 91037 & it wasn't there)?

Thanks,
Craig
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ludovic Dubost [mailto:ludovic at netratings.com]
> 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:47 PM
> To: developers at bugzilla.org
> Subject: Re: Newer custom fields patch
> 
> 
> Hi Sean and the list,
> 
> I'm currently looking at your new custom fields
> patch and have some
> questions about it.
> First, We are using at our company the custom fields
> patch in bug 91037
> on an older bugzilla version.
> Since we want to customize the interface much more
> than allowed in the
> older bugzilla versions, we are looking to switch to
> the more recent
> versions.
> 
> Since your patch seems to be designed with templates
> and integrated in
> v. 2.17.4, I'm quite interested in it.
> So the first question would be:
> 
> - what's the chance to see this patch in a
> mainstream release of
> bugzilla ? (2.19 ?)
> - how far away from primetime is this patch to be at
> least usable and
> minimize the migration work to the mainstream
> release ?
> - is it already possible to use 'global' fields and
> 'group fields'
> associated to multiple products ? It seems the admin
> interface is not
> complete on this part, but is the rest of the code
> ok if I modify the
> database directly ?
> - have you planned any migration from the older
> custom field patch ?
> - how can I help ?
> 
> Also, I'm thinking about some enhancements which
> would be needed for
> additional features we need to build.
> 
> Let me explain:
> 
> - We are using bugzilla not only as a bug tracking
> tool, but more
> generally as a task tracking tool as well as a
> project management tool.
> - In particular we would need to have a notion of
> project which would
> have additional fields (and some hidden) and where
> the dependency tree
> would get a proeminent place..
> 
> I see that this patch has an interesting
> architecture that could help:
> 
> - If I add a generic field for bug types: bug, task,
> issue, idea,
> project, other
>   -> this could be a general field
>   -> or a custom field itself
> - If I add a notion of custom fields linked to the
> specific values of a
> field
> - I would need also to add the ability to have
> specific visualisation
> and search templates for types of bugs.
>    -> Standard templates for everything
>    -> Specific SHOW/EDIT/SEARCH templates for
> 'project' bugs
> -> Modification of the Home Page and  Footers to
> have a specific entry
> view for projects.
> 
> Let me know what you think and if you don't think
> this is too crazy ?
> Anyway, great job on the patch..
> 
> Ludovic
> 
> Sean McAfee wrote:
> 
> >Attached is a patch against bugzilla-2.17.4 that
> provides custom field
> >capabilities.  It's the same as my previous custom
> fields patch, with
> the
> >addition of query functionality.
> >
> >Querying custom fields using boolean charts is not
> yet possible, but it
> >shouldn't be too difficult to add.
> >
> >All of my previous comments/warnings apply. 
> Comments welcome.
> >
> >
> >  
> >
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