Bug#320986: debbugs: would like bug numbers in "Closes: #" text linked to the bugs

[Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>]

Package: debbugs
Severity: wishlist

It would be nice if, using the same regex that katie (or whatever) uses for
automatically sending -done messages, debbugs would identify a Closes: #
expression in a changelog and hyperlink the bug number to the bug report
page.

I had a quick look at bugreport.cgi, but I don't understand the difference
between display_entity() and handle_record().  display_entity() has no POD
description.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-powerpc-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)