API to change milestones

[Tosh, Michael J]

Quoting Craig:
> I need a way to change (add and delete) milestones via a CLI app.
> (Most likely it will be in Perl, but that isn't definite.)
> 
> I looked at Bugzilla::WebService::Product, but all of the
> routines/methods are marked as not stable.
> 
> What is the "best way" to update milestones for a specific product
> programatically?
> 
> Adding it directly to the DB works just fine for me, but I wanted to
> do it using whatever method is "approved". (Makes upgrades easier. :>
> ) 

cp editmilestones.cgi editmilestones.pl
Then check each reference to $cgi->params() and read an argument or
<STDIN> instead.

(It would be pretty neat to run:
 "echo delete \n myproduct \n mymilestone \n |editmilestones.pl")

sub prompt_for_field {
    my $field = shift;
    my $value;
    while ($value eq "") {
        print "Enter a value for $field: ";
        chomp($value = <>);
    }
    return $value;
}
my $product_name = prompt_for_field("Product");
my $milestone_name = prompt_for_field("Target Milestone");

Editmilestones.cgi is only 360 or so lines and MUCH of it is comments
and whitespace.  Be sure to submit it as a contrib script for the rest
of us to share! ;-)

(using this script to start with is good because it already has the
Bugzilla structure built in with validation and Bugzilla objects and
much of the hard work is done.)