On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 10:24:38AM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: > Hello Matt > > On 2005-02-16 Matt Kraai wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 02:59:35AM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: > > > I don't like the current bugs.debian.org web interface and would > > > like to write an alternative bug viewer. > > > > > > (Not a replacement for the lynx-compatible official one just something that > > > some people might prefer. With colors, tables and javascript, you know...) > > > > I'd prefer you use CSS for styling the page, but since you're doing > > the work, it's your choice. > > My design-idea.html alreay makes heavy use of CSS :) Great! > > > Is there a way to get the results of a bug query as machine readable > > > input? I.e. has the current pkgreport.cgi a hidden switch to generate > > > RSS or XML output or are the bugs stored somewhere as files or in LDAP > > > so that I can access them myself from e.g. people.debian.org? > > > I do not seem to have ssh access to bugs.debian.org. > > > > You can retrieve the bug logs in the mbox format. For example, > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=275909&mbox=yes > > Err, no, I don't want to reformat the bug page itself, I want to reformat > the result of the bug "overview" where my 88+ bugs are displayed, i.e. > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?maint=ch@debian.org > > So the easiest would be if I could just make a "pkgreport2.cgi" which copies > all the query code but then displays the results with a different function. > > I just fear that you won't let put my scripts onto the official server that's > why I hoped to get a good idea from you. Else I will have to "parse" the HTML > that pkgreport.cgi returns. I forgot about it initially, but there is also an LDAP interface to the BTS which may provide the information you want. The reportbug package uses it, so you should be able to use it as a starting point. -- Matt
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