hwdb.getDriverOwnersAffectedByBugs subscribers option is unclear

[Brian Murray]

 affects malone

hwdb.getDriverOwnersAffectedByBugs has an option for subscribed_to_bug
but doesn't indicate whether or not this is direct subscribers or
indirect (because of duplicate bug report) subscribers. I had expected
it to include both direct and indirect subscribers but through testing
have determined that it is only direct subscribers which I think
is not what others would expect either. This can be tested using
bug-related-device-owners from the hwdb scripts with the following
searches:

bug-related-device-owners.py --bug 541492 -D i915 --subscribers
NOTHING

bug-related-device-owners.py --bug 545201 -D i915 --subscribers
useResa https://edge.launchpad.net/~rdrijsen

You'll notice that useResa is subscribed to bug 541492 because they are
directly subscribed to bug 545201 which is a duplicate of 541492.

I think the parameter should be changed to include both direct and
indirect subscribers and if that will take some time then the API
documentation should be clarified.

Thanks!
--
Brian Murray
Ubuntu Bug Master
Days running Lucid: 59

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

We've removed the hardware database, so this is no longer applicable.