Launchpad cannot pull status from gna.org bugtracker

[Alex Ruddick]

I have no idea what bugtracker its using, but i tried to add a gna.org bug to Launchpad and it failed with a generic error. (Used for Battle for Wesnoth package)

[Graham Binns (gmb)]

It appears to be using a derivative of Savane, but with customised bug URLs which aren't being recognised.

Can you point me to the bug report where you added the bug watch that's failing?

[Alex Ruddick (alexrudd0)]

Here's the Launchpad bug.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wesnoth/+bug/256345

Here's the link I tried which failed.
https://gna.org/bugs/index.php?12185

Apparently after me someone tried removing "index.php" and the link worked.
https://gna.org/bugs/?12185

[Dara Adib (daradib)]

@Alex Ruddick

Yes, I had to manipulate the URL of the upstream bug report to make Launchpad recognize it as a Savane bug tracker. Not sure why, though. Of course, the status/importance is not updated.

What I don't understand is why it isn't at least possible to manually update the status of an upstream task while still keeping the reference to the upstream bug number/URL. Currently, the only options are to refer to the upstream bug number/URL (bug watch) and keep the status of the bug as "Unknown", or to remove the bug watch and manually update the upstream bug's status.