decentralization

[Myk Melez]

C.J. Collier wrote:

>bugzilla would do well to decentralize.  Each bugzilla server should
>communicate with others.  Bug reports should be shared between projects.
>  
>
Agreed.  This is bug 123130.

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123130

>For example, on bugs.debian.org bug #189211 depends on the resolution of
>bug #97177 on bugzilla.gnome.org.  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.
>  
>
You are not the only one feeling this pain.  This is bug 134294.

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134294

>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
>  
>
We already have URIs for bugs, so why not use the existing ones?

>"bugnumber" would be gnome-theme-manager (on bugs.debian.org) specific. 
>Global variables are bad.
>
This seems like a separate issue, and we're talking about unique 
identifiers in a database here, not variables.  What are the benefits of 
product/project-specific identifiers?

-myk