Summer Of Code '08

[Guy Pyrzak]

I'd suggest using custom fields for this sort of thing instead of comments.
But that's my 2c. I think it would be super cool to have a wiki-text custom
field type along with a rich text field type.

-Guy

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Roscio, Steve <Steve.Roscio at hp.com> wrote:

>  Another idea:  Make the base comment (initial first chunk of text) on a
> bug be Wiki-style editable.   Have a checkbox that enables it's editing,
> with appropriate privs to toggle the checkbox.  The edit history/changelog
> could just dump into the ordinary comments 1..n (but still allow normal
> comments).  Maybe it could be implemented using hidden attachments to hold
> the wiki binary stuff?
>
> We use Bugzilla for requirements, user stories, and use cases in addition
> to just bugs and devo tasks.  The former three change alot throughout the
> life of a project, and we just keep re-pasting them into comments as they
> get edited.  If we could do 'em as a Wiki or something revisable, we'd sure
> like it over here.
>
> Sorry if this was already proposed, I've just joined this list.
> - Steve
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* developers-owner at bugzilla.org [mailto:
> developers-owner at bugzilla.org] *On Behalf Of *Guy Pyrzak
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:23 PM
> *To:* developers at bugzilla.org
> *Subject:* Re: Summer Of Code '08
>
> Your second idea is part of bug 130835<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130835>
>
> -Guy
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Tosh, Michael J <michael.j.tosh at lmco.com>
> wrote:
>
> > How about a forum-style add-on to bugzilla.  Allowing people to set
> > signatures and a gif of themselves to show around comments, where other
> > users could see that particular user's level of expertise and
> > involvement in comments.  I would love to see a department listed below
> > a user's name when looking at comments.
> >
> > PNG Here: http://toshpro.com/bzforum-style.png
> >
> > Another feature could be a most-active list of bugs with comments and
> > such available via a template for inclusion on the main page.
> >
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