hey andreas, On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:24:54PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > there are a few features I'm thinking about to implement in the > bts2ldap-Gateway. I'd like your comments whether they're useful or > not. i've been messing around with the bts2ldap gateway, and i have to say it's really cool! having the bts accessible via ldap makes it really easy to search for bugs matching specific criteria in ways that aren't so easy via the bts (and plus you don't have to parse all that nasty html!). i sat down earlier this afternoon and in no time at all had a script that returns all rc bugs filed within the last 24 hours. this isn't so nifty by itself (we already have this functionality), but i think it hints at some of the cool stuff possible. for example you could query the bts from the cmdline with all the options available from the web interface. or even better, track open bugs (via cron and some local db files) for the specific software installed on your machine. i'll be messing around with this a little more in the days to come -- if anyone's interested i'll share the code. > Last Changed Time: Same as before. i think this one would be convenient and not too hard to implement. also, if you're fielding ideas from the crowd, how about a Package Version (debbugsPackageVersion?) for the reports where this info can be extracted. thanks, sean
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