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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd: Re: Where to submit feature requests?
From:       Richard Bos <allabos () freeler ! nl>
Date:       2001-06-07 18:33:57
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Hi Mike,

that sounds good, however the application should _not_ be able to open 
bugs/wishes.  This is because the application can't be easy adapted when 
needed.  The web is much better suited for that.
This adaption is e.g. needed to add an extra field, or to reject a kde 
release that is too old etc.  So as long as the bug tracking application 
performs updates it's okay.

For the following is possible:

On Thursday 7 June 2001 15:55, David Faure wrote:
> On Thursday 07 June 2001 14:54, Richard Bos wrote:
> > From the kde-user list.  Is the bug database downloadable so people with
> > a slow connection can work it oflline.  It should be possible to download
> > per package/application otherwise the file be immens.
>
> That's already possible, by mail.
>
> See http://bugs.kde.org/server-request.html#introduction
> it's all explained there.
> Although, you get either indexes (per package, per maintainer etc.)
> or details of a particular bug...
> Well, you could parse the index and ask for the details of all those bugs
> in one request mail, then sort all this out.
>
> Another way is to wget the pages. I did that some time ago, when I had very
> limited connection.
>
>  wgetbug.sh:       (to get the index for a given package)
> #!/bin/sh
> wget http://bugs.kde.org/db/pa/l$1.html && mv -f l$1.html
> bugs.kde.org/db/pa/
>
>  getallbugs.sh:     (to get all bugs for a given package)
> #!/bin/sh
> grep '#[0-9]*' bugs.kde.org/db/pa/l$1.html | keep '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]' |
> sort | uniq | ./getbug.sh
>
> getbug.sh:      (used by the script above)
> #!/bin/sh
> while read a; do
>   prefix=`echo $a | sed -e 's/\([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/'`;
>   if [ ! -f  bugs.kde.org/db/$prefix/$a.html ]; then
>     wget -c http://bugs.kde.org/db/$prefix/$a.html
>     mkdir -p bugs.kde.org/db/$prefix
>     mv $a.html bugs.kde.org/db/$prefix
>   fi
> done
>
> Then you can browse bugs offline with Konqueror :)
>
> viewbugs.sh:
> #!/bin/sh
> konqueror bugs.kde.org/db/pa/l$1.html


On Thursday 7 June 2001 15:53, Mike Pilone wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Would it be useful (or acceptable) if we had a bug tracking / editing
> application. I'm thinking something that can connect to the web and grab a
> bug database (XML file or even a real SQL DB). Then allow the user to read
> through the bugs and (hopefully) close them with the application.
>
> This would allow slower connected users to just grab a whole XML bug
> database for a package and work on it locally, without being connected to
> the net. I think this would really benefit the 'pay per byte' people.
>
> I'm willing to spearhead the project, if it seems useful. I don't know how
> much this will affect the current bug tracking system (I don't know it
> that well), so maybe someone in the know can tell us if this is even
> reasonable?
>
> -mike

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