Re: Bug#170743: Wrong description of "index packages" in the mailserver refcard and in the help text
reassign 170743 www.debian.org
thanks
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 12:13:02AM +0100, Guentcho Skordev wrote:
> Package: bugs.debian.org
>
> Hello,
>
> In the "Mail servers' reference card" stays:
> | * index packages package-substring
>
> In the "Introduction to the bug system request server" (answer to "help")
> one can read:
> | index packages package
> | Requests the index pages of bugs in the system for the package
> | package. The search term is an exact match. The bug index for
> | each matching package will be sent in a separate message.
>
>
> (The older version I have is:
> > index packages package
> > Requests the index pages of bugs in the system for all packages
> > containing the string package. The search term is a case
> > insensitive substring. The bug index for each matching package
> > will be sent in a separate message.
> )
>
> The reference card text is wrong, and I think that the last sentence in the
> newer version of the "Introduction" isnt't needed.
Fixed in debbugs CVS, also for 'index maint'. Can somebody on debian-www
merge the relevant parts of this patch into the webwml repository,
please?
---------------------
PatchSet 388
Date: 2003/03/05 13:53:04
Author: cjwatson
Log:
'index maint' and 'index packages' don't do substring matches any more.
Members:
html/server-refcard.html.in:1.3->1.4
html/server-request.html.in:1.3->1.4
Index: html/server-refcard.html.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/debbugs/source/html/server-refcard.html.in,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -p -u -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- html/server-refcard.html.in 26 Nov 2002 04:21:06 -0000 1.3
+++ html/server-refcard.html.in 5 Mar 2003 13:53:04 -0000 1.4
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ sending the word <code>help</code> to ea
<li><code>index-summary by-package</code>
<li><code>index-summary by-number</code>
<li><code>index-maint</code>
- <li><code>index maint</code> <var>maintainer-substring</var>
+ <li><code>index maint</code> <var>maintainer</var>
<li><code>index-packages</code>
- <li><code>index packages</code> <var>package-substring</var>
+ <li><code>index packages</code> <var>package</var>
<li><code>send-unmatched</code> [<code>this</code>|<code>0</code>]
<li><code>send-unmatched</code> <code>last</code>|<code>-1</code>
<li><code>send-unmatched</code> <code>old</code>|<code>-2</code>
Index: html/server-request.html.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/debbugs/source/html/server-request.html.in,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -p -u -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- html/server-request.html.in 17 Dec 2000 23:07:00 -0000 1.3
+++ html/server-request.html.in 5 Mar 2003 13:53:04 -0000 1.4
@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@ server.
<dt><code>index maint</code> <var>maintainer</var>
- <dd>Requests the index pages of $gBugs in the system for all maintainers
- containing the string <var>maintainer</var>. The search term is a
- case insensitive substring. The $gBug index for each matching
- maintainer will be sent in a separate message.
+ <dd>Requests the index pages of $gBugs in the system for the maintainer
+ <var>maintainer</var>. The search term is an exact match.
+ The $gBug index will be sent in a separate message.
<dt><code>index-packages</code>
@@ -70,10 +69,9 @@ server.
<dt><code>index packages</code> <var>package</var>
- <dd>Requests the index pages of $gBugs in the system for all packages
- containing the string <var>package</var>. The search term is a case
- insensitive substring. The $gBug index for each matching package will
- be sent in a separate message.
+ <dd>Requests the index pages of $gBugs in the system for the package
+ <var>package</var>. The search term is an exact match.
+ The $gBug index will be sent in a separate message.
<dt><code>send-unmatched</code> [<code>this</code>|<code>0</code>]
<dt><code>send-unmatched</code> <code>last</code>|<code>-1</code>
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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