decentralization

[Gervase Markham]

C.J. Collier wrote:
> bugzilla would do well to decentralize.  Each bugzilla server should
> communicate with others.  Bug reports should be shared between projects.
> 
> For example, on bugs.debian.org bug #189211 depends on the resolution of
> bug #97177 on bugzilla.gnome.org.

Er... bugs.debian.org is not a Bugzilla installation.

> There is no way to have one depend on
> the other, so it is not easy to tell when the bug is resolved.  Taking a
> look at #189211 (bugs.debian.org) will show you a bit about the unhappy
> mess this causes.

It would be possible, perhaps, to have a system where a bug in one 
Bugzilla could depend on one in another Bugzilla. But it would be a fair 
amount of work, if you wanted each one to notify the other of state 
changes. Is this situation really that common?

> My suggestion would be to use URIs to reference bugs.  Perhaps something
> like the following:
> 
> bugzilla://bugs.debian.org/?project=gnome-theme-manager&bugnumber=N

Or http://bugzilla.mozilla.org?show_bug.cgi?id=12345 ? :-)

> "bugnumber" would be gnome-theme-manager (on bugs.debian.org) specific. 
> Global variables are bad.  I suggest some type of scoping, even if it
> doesn't follow my suggestion exactly.

What advantage does having multiple bugs with the same number in an 
individual installation give you?

Gerv