Wrong sort by Age

[Vedran Rafaelic]

The sort by Age is not respected.

In the following example (you have to add the Age column):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bugs?field.searchtext=microphone&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=&orderby=-datecreated&start=0

you will see that all the bugs are sorted by Age correctly except the #1852071 which is much older than the ones surrounding it.

NOTE: a colleague mentioned that the Age sort is actually done with respect to the date of the task creation on /ubuntu/+source/linux (the search context).

The sorting should be done with respect to the Bug creation date, and if this search context date is also needed then another column should be added.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

I disagree that the sorting should be changed; the bug task creation date is often most useful, since it means that bugs that recently appeared as affecting that package/project/whatever don't get buried towards the bottom of the list.

I agree that the difference between the Age column being the bug creation date and the search order being the bug task creation date is non-obvious and confusing. Adding another column may be the solution, or there may be some other possibility.