111520 - Add application/xhtml+xml to "select from list"

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Alex Vincent [:WeirdAl]]

XHTML is a technology we are attempting to support a great deal.  However, for
XHTML-based bugs, it would be priceless to be able to choose a mime-type
directly from a bug report.

Currently, Bugzilla supports a straight-forward attachment link:

Created an attachment (id=58900)

However, if I as a Bugzilla user could choose multiple mime-types via link for
this attactioment, it would be invaluable:

Created an attachment (id=58900, application/xhtml+xml) (application/xml)
(text/xml) (text/html)

Suggestion:

(1) Add application/xhtml+xml to select box of preset mime-types
(2) Include for this particular mime-type in Bugzilla comments the ability to
choose mime-type by clicking on a link.

This would make testing of XHTML-specific bugs ten times easier.

Comment 1

[Bradley Baetz (:bbaetz)]

-> m.o/bugzilla issues

According to http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=57627
there are only 10 such usages ATM, though

Comment 2

[Alex Vincent [:WeirdAl]]

Yes, but we file a LOT of XHTML-specific attachments as text/html and/or
text/xml just to see the comparison.  That's what the xhtml keyword is for.

Comment 3

[Bradley Baetz (:bbaetz)]

didn't say it wouldn't be useful...

Anywya, changing summary to split the bugzilla issue (downloading one file with
multiple mime-types) and the m.o issue (adding the new type to the list) - alex
will file a new bug

Comment 4

[Alex Vincent [:WeirdAl]]

Spun off bug 111522 for the multiple mime-types from bug reports issue.

Comment 5

[Alex Vincent [:WeirdAl]]

I looked at Bugzilla 2.14.3, and I thought to myself in editing the code, "gee, 
that is remarkably painless..."

<source:code>

          <option value="text/plain">plain text (text/plain)</option>
          <option value="text/html">HTML source (text/html)</option>
          <option value="application/xhtml+xml">XHTML source 
(application/xhtml+xml)</option>
          <option value="application/xml">XML source (application/xml)</option>
          <option value="image/gif">GIF image (image/gif)</option>

</source:code>

The code above is for the current Bugzilla running.

I don't have the ability at the moment to create a patch.  Would someone do the 
honors?

Comment 6

[Alex Vincent [:WeirdAl]]

I am a dunce; I forgot about the modularization of Bugzilla.  Ignore the above; 
the following is based on Bugzilla 2.16.

\template\en\default\attachment\content-types.html.tmpl

          <option value="text/plain">plain text (text/plain)</option>
          <option value="text/html">HTML source (text/html)</option>
          <option value="application/xhtml+xml">XHTML source 
(application/xhtml+xml)</option>
          <option value="application/xml">XML source (application/xml)</option>
          <option value="image/gif">GIF image (image/gif)</option>
          <option value="image/jpeg">JPEG image (image/jpeg)</option>
          <option value="image/png">PNG image (image/png)</option>
          <option value="application/octet-stream">binary file 
(application/octet-stream)</option>

This also adds the XML source option; for some reason it seems a little odd to 
me to add XHTML and not add XML.

Can someone whip up a patch for this?  AFAIK, this patch would be devastatingly 
simple.

Comment 7

[Berend de Boer]

I also would like to have this feature. It's very useful as Mozilla
application/xhtml+xml code doesn't seem to share a great deal with other things.
Most of my recent bugs have been because Mozilla behaves less well in this mode.

Comment 8

[Anne (:annevk)]

FYI: If you save a file as .xhtml and let Bugzilla auto-detect it will recognize
XHTML and apply the application/xhtml+xml MIME-type to the file.

Comment 9

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

WONTFIX. See the stats in bug 118083. If we add any more, it'll be
application/zip and text/xml.

Gerv