When linking a branch to a bug, please add an explanatory comment
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Launchpad itself |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
It's very cool that Launchpad links to the bug report when a bug is fixed in a
branch. I wonder if it's possible for it to also annotate the bug report to
state that this happened, though. It's not very clear when looking at the bug
report (particularly for a Launchpad outsider) what the message means: "Branch
linked: lp:apport"
I think it would be great if it also added a comment (like we do when a bug is
marked fixed in a package upload) which explains briefly what has happened,
e.g.: "<person> has committed a change to branch <branch> which they believe
fixes this bug. <link to the diff> <bzr command for checking out the branch>
..."
I discussed this briefly with jml, and he recommended filing a wishlist bug
about it.
Changed in launchpad: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
affects: | launchpad → launchpad-code |
tags: | added: bug-branch-links |
Changed in launchpad-code: | |
importance: | Wishlist → Low |
status: | New → Triaged |
Do you envision a real comment being added or just a more descriptive activity?
I'm wondering how this would interact with private branches being added to public bug reports. Right now for those that can't see the branch, there is no indication (AFAIK), but by adding a comment we'd make that more visible.
I think this is just outgoing email right now. I'd be happy to make it more useful though :)