Upstream Status search options are confusing and poorly presented
Bug #55555 reported by
Brad Bollenbach
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Launchpad itself |
Fix Released
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High
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Brad Bollenbach |
Bug Description
https:/
has four options for Upstream Status:
() Doesn't matter
() Show only bugs that need to be linked to an upstream bug report
() Hide bugs that are open upstream
() Show only bugs that are closed upstream
There are some problems with this UI, as kiko pointed out to me:
1. "Doesn't matter" should be selected by default. Right now, no option is selected by default.
2. The third and fourth options take considerable thought to understand.
3. Show/Hide/Show == bad. Show/Show/Show or Hide/Hide/Hide == better.
4. They don't work the way kiko expected when he read the options. (More on that later.)
Changed in malone: | |
importance: | Untriaged → High |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Changed in malone: | |
assignee: | nobody → bradb |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in malone: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
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I think 4. has to do with what the options seem to advertise. For instance:
* Hide bugs that are open upstream
* Show only bugs that are closed upstream
The behaviour for the third option is mysterious for bugs which have no upstream bug report linked.
(To be honest, what's the semantic difference between the third and fourth options?)
The behaviour for the fourth option seems to be just wrong. Issue the query:
https:/ /launchpad. net/distros/ ubuntu/ +bugs?field. searchtext= &orderby= -importance& field.status% 3Alist= Unconfirmed& field.status% 3Alist= Needs+Info& field.status% 3Alist= Confirmed& field.status% 3Alist= In+Progress& field.status% 3Alist= Fix+Committed& assignee_ option= any&field. assignee= &field. owner=& field.component -empty- marker= 1&field. status_ upstream= only_closed& field.status_ upstream- empty-marker= 1&field. omit_dupes. used=&field. omit_dupes= on&field. has_patch. used=&field. has_no_ package. used=&search= Search
and inspect some of the bugs in the results:
https:/ /launchpad. net/distros/ ubuntu/ +source/ sketch/ +bug/5347 /launchpad. net/distros/ ubuntu/ +source/ krb4/+bug/ 27948 /launchpad. net/distros/ ubuntu/ +source/ convertfs/ +bug/31401 /launchpad. net/distros/ ubuntu/ +source/ xorg-server/ +bug/36461 /launchpad. net/distros/ ubuntu/ +source/ scim/+bug/ 42024
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not one of those has an upstream bug task associated with it. So I'm not sure why they are being returned.