Re: Manipulating bug reports through SOAP
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Gustavo R. Montesino wrote:
> Em Qui, 2007-08-09 às 19:59 -0700, Don Armstrong escreveu:
> > On Thu, 09 Aug 2007, Gustavo R. Montesino wrote:
> > > Just wondering... is there any SOAP function available or planned to
> > > allow manipulating the bug reports? Stuff like setting tags, marking
> > > bugs as forwarded, done, etc.
> >
> > Nope; all of this should be done using e-mail. It's easy enough to
> > connect to port 25 or submit and send properly formatted emails
> > instead.
>
> It would be cool to have a SOAP API as it would allow an application
> to receive a immediate response about the success of the operation.
> I can send a mail on my application (I'm currently setting bugs as
> forwarded through devscripts on bug-triage), but I've no way to make
> sure this will work, or not.
The main issues are accountability of the person sending e-mail,
locking of the bugs to make the request, and the reindexing that has
to occur after the request has been processed. The current interface
(email) handles all of these correctly, while the first two are rather
difficult to do in a timely fashion.
> So I can't change the information on the interface before it's
> effectively changed in the BTS and the user reloads its query, which
> feels a bit inconsistent, eg, "I've set this bug as forwarded, why
> it show as not forwarded?", at least for new users.
Best to just indicate that they've marked the bug as forwarded, and
timeout the indication after 10 minutes or so.
Don Armstrong
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