Announce: BZ::Client 1.0

[Aaron Trevena]

>>  - looking at the Makefile.PL I don't see any dependancies, and when I
>> try to install I get errors as it "Can't locate XML/Parser.pm" amongst
>> other modules (they should be listed in PREREQ_PM)
>
> Fixed in 1.01, thank you! I'll upload it as soon as pause.cpan.org is
> online again.

Nice work. Thanks.

>
>>  - tests will never pass when using the cpan client as they are done
>> via the command line, and don't skip or prompt the user (I'd prefer
>> skipping unless environment variables were set)
>
> I can't follow you here. The command line is only used to configure
> the Makefile. Absent any
> command line parameters, tests are skipped. Should be perfectly CPAN compliant.

Ah ok - I missed that - I saw the command line arguments and the tests
failing and jumped to the wrong conclusion.

>> - I couldn't easily find an example of actually using the Bugzilla API
>> through it - a worked example of closing or updating a bug would be
>> immensely helpful.
>
> Examples of closing or updating a bug are hard to give: That
> functionality is still missing
> on the server side.

OMG.

If I can't close or update a bug, what on earth can I do - what kind
of webservice is that?

That puts bugzilla back down to the same "hey you can always
screenscrape" level solution as Trac that I wanted to avoid.

Somebody let me know when bugzilla lets you do useful things via a
webservice as I'll give up on integration until at least one
bugtracking system can provide a useful webservice as an alternative
to webscraping.

*sigh*

A.

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Aaron J Trevena, BSc Hons
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LAMP System Integration, Development and Consulting