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Bug 143941 - www-client/pybugz modify should be able to use text file as a post/comment
Summary: www-client/pybugz modify should be able to use text file as a post/comment
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Alec Warner
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Reported: 2006-08-14 14:15 UTC by Jose daLuz
Modified: 2007-07-20 12:22 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Jose daLuz 2006-08-14 14:15:27 UTC
Often when reporting bugs, there are error messages, compile output and stack traces that need to be included. The post and modify actions are fine for short comments, but they don't work well for these situations (the -e option is a nice touch, though).  This could be enhanced by being able to post the contents of a text file containing the comment. Also, I like to think about what I write before posting a bug, forum post, email, etc. and I often rewrite to make things clearer. That's easier done in an editor than on the command line!

The "attach" feature doesn't really work for this as bugzilla attachments are not searchable, and error messages and stack traces need to be searchable. Being able to type the comment into a text file, including pasting in whatever other information is needed, would solve this problem.

Such a feature should also do a couple of sanity checks: make sure the file is really plain text and make sure it doesn't exceed the max comment size for bugzilla. The TITLE should still be a separate parameter as there's no need to complicate things by parsing the file looking for specific fields.

As you can tell, I really enjoy using this utility, which is why I'm suggesting improvements. Thanks for writing this!
Comment 1 Alastair Tse (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-08-15 03:59:22 UTC
good suggestion, I'll take that on board for the next version.
Comment 2 Santiago M. Mola (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-07-20 12:22:57 UTC
This feature is already implemented through -F option.