decentralization

[Jason Pyeron]

I really think that this is a good point.

as to the project issue:

 bug 42 at bugzilla.mozilla.org

this way a domain name can serve as a authoritative project identifier. 
This should prevent collisions. this is kinda link sun's java package naming 
rules.

On 9 May 2003, 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.  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.
>
>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
>
>"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.
>
>This would allow projects that use bugzilla to co-ordinate with the
>projects that they depend on without being on the same server.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>C.J.
>
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