Re: send-pr must live

On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:26:08 -0800 Adrian Chadd <adrian_at_freebsd.org> wrote
> On 20 November 2014 10:09, Chris H <bsd-lists_at_bsdforge.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:40:16 -0800 "Waitman Gobble" <waitman_at_waitman.net>
> > wrote >
> >> On Thu, November 20, 2014 9:25 am, Muhammad Moinur Rahman wrote:
> >> > Nice idea. However I am working on reviving porttools to migrate within
> >> > bugzilla system. Maybe we can share some ideas.
> >> >
> >> > BR,
> >> > Muhammad
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists_at_bsdforge.com>
> >> > wrote: >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Greetings,
> >> >> While I recognize that send-pr has pretty much
> >> >> become useless, with the advent of bugzilla, being made the new
> >> >> "official" FreeBSD bug reporting system. I really
> >> >> miss send-pr, and was hoping I could revive it, eg; integrate it with
> >> >> bugzilla. I had even contemplated adding a feature that would allow it
> >> >> to also work with local port/system building structures people often
> >> >> use to build, and maintain FreeBSD. Any objections to my reviving
> >> >> send-pr? >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you for all your time, and consideration.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --Chris
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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> >> I liked using send-pr. It looks like Bugzilla 5.0 will have a native REST
> >> API but current versions use plugin.  Also I believe Bugzilla supports an
> >> email interface so it could be possible to keep send-pr as a shell script.
> > Indeed. It is perfectly inclined to use email. Which makes
> > [initial] integration perfectly *trivial*. :)
> > As to it having been shell based. While there's nothing wrong with
> > that at all, in fact it's advantageous in many respects. I was toying
> > with the idea of perhaps converting (augmenting) it to being Perl
> > based, by way of a statically linked mini-perl interpreter. I thought
> > it would better *empower* it, also providing for a more "user friendly"
> > dialog. But, like I said; just *toying* with the idea. :)
> >
> > --Chris
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> Hi!
> 
> If you'd like to make it work then please do - just make sure you
> check with the bugteam about it. I'm worried that you're signing them
> up for more work (dealing with email spam again) which I /think/ they
> don't have to deal with now.
> 
> 
> -adrian
> 
> 
Thanks for the reply adrian.
Count on it. I hate SPAM more than the bugteam!
And as a result, I have some _very_ good strategies already employed.
So "keeping things clean" should prove a trivial matter.
I've already started the process. I'm loading up a copy of
devel/bugzilla44 now.

Thanks again, for your reply, Adrian -- even if it was an evil top post. ;)

--Chris

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