=== modified file 'launchpadBugs/HTMLOperations.py'
--- launchpadBugs/HTMLOperations.py	2007-04-20 09:16:01 +0000
+++ launchpadBugs/HTMLOperations.py	2007-04-22 09:03:07 +0000
@@ -191,10 +191,21 @@
 
 
 class Bug(object):
-    def __init__(self, bugnumber, sourcepackage=None, attachments_path=None, \
+    def __init__(self, bug, sourcepackage=None, attachments_path=None, \
                  content_types=[], attachments_regex=None, cookie_file=None):
-        self.bugnumber = bugnumber
-        self.url = baseUrl + str(bugnumber)
+        if type(bug) == int:
+            self.bugnumber = bug
+            self.status = None
+            self.importance = None
+        elif isinstance(bug,BugInfo):
+            self.bugnumber = bug
+            self.status = bug.status
+            self.importance = bug.importance
+        else:
+            assert None, "type of bugnumber must be INT \
+or bugnumber must be an instance of BugInfo"
+
+        self.url = baseUrl + str(self.bugnumber)
         self.sourcepackage = sourcepackage
         attachmentslist = set()
         self.attachments = set()