Re: Reduced Bugzilla functionality for 6+ months -- acceptable?

[Cosimo Cecchi <cosimoc gnome org>]

Hi Olav,

On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 17:00 +0100, Olav Vitters wrote:

> For that the proposal is that the following is not part of the initial
> upgraded bgo:
>  * The points system
>  * index.cgi UI mods
>  * Making a new favicon
>  * The infomessages on show_bug.cgi
>  * Layout modifications for attachment table and the login box
>  * duplicates.cgi modifications
>  * Fixing the comment headers
>  * Patch and keyword emblems
>  * delete-keyword.pl, mass-reassign-bugs.pl, and year-end-stats.pl
>  * describeuser.cgi
> 
> Possibly even:
> 
>  * Canned responses (this would be a priority immediately after
> the upgrade)
>    (the javascript stuff to say things are a dupe etc)
>  * show_bug.cgi UI re-ordering & float-right box
>  * simple-bug-guide.cgi
>  * Grouping products in a <dl> by classification when displayed
>  * Asking people if they've provided the NEEDINFO info.
>  * Boogle enhancements to QuickSearch (or maybe just implement
> the most important ones first and theno implement the rest later?)
>    --> this is the GNOME specific 'simple search'
> 
> 
> Is above acceptable?

For me, this all depends on whether the functionality will be reduced or
somehow buggy or not present at all.

I think at least the following features are essential to work:
- patch review status
- simple-dup-finder
- stock answers
- describeuser.cgi
- Boogle (if with this you mean search by keyword).

Couldn't you (or anyone else will be working on this) work on a database
dump until the basic features are implemented and then merge back the
changes? If you need testing on a separate installation as things get
implemented, I (and I guess others from the bugsquad) can help with
that.
Otherwise, I am not sure it would be acceptable (for me at least) to
stay without all those functionalities for 6+ months.

Cheers,

Cosimo