Bug#34071: debbugs: subscribing a package/subscribing a bug
Vassilii Khachaturov wrote:
> The bug seems really old, so maybe it didn't exist back when it
> was originally reported, but right now there is a possibility
> to subscribe a particular package's traffic.
The complete documentation for the PTS is at:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-resources.en.html#s-pkg-tracking-system
To best way to experience the PTS E-mail system is to use
http://packages.qa.debian.org/ and enter a package, then under
Subscription select Advanced Mode. You'll see a form at URL
http://packages.qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/pts.cgi (unfortunately, you cannot
visit this URL with a GET directly).
Since the PTS already does a lot of the work that would need to be
implemented in the BTS, why not just enhance the PTS? All that is needed
is to accept bug IDs as keywords. When the PTS sends out E-mails
concerning this bug for example, anyone with the bts keyword AND those
with the 34071 keyword selected will receive the mail.
Each page of the BTS should then link to
http://packages.qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/pts.cgi with the package name and
keyword (being the bugid) already selected. The user can then select
more keywords, or just subscribe to the bug traffic. In addition a new
tick box "keep already subscribed keywords for this package" should be
selected by default. IIRC the behaviour of the PTS web form right now is
to remove any keywords not present in a resubscription request.
Unsubscribing from bugs can be done using the PTS E-mail interface as
explained in the documentation.
Any comments on this idea?
Sincerely,
Richard van den Berg
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