135595 - Preference for linking to long_list.cgi instead of show_bug.cgi from buglist

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 121576

(Bugzilla :: User Interface, enhancement, P4)

Description

[Toms Baugis]

It would be nice if I as simple reporter, could go from bug number not to bug
editing form, but to "print ready" version of it, 'cause its more simpler to read.

It could be just a choice in preferences:
Bug link:
- go to bug editing form
- go to print-ready version of bug

or something.

p.s. thanx for your job - bugzilla is amazing!

sincerely,
tm

Comment 1

[GavinS]

If this change happens, then bug#98123 would provide the user preferences

Comment 2

[Stephen Rasku]

Couldn't we change so that it's a simple toggle.  Clicking the bug number from
the bug form gives the printable page.  Clicking the bug number from the
printable page gives the editable form.  If it worked like this, I don't see the
need for a preference.

Comment 3

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

I think the reporter is referring to on other pages.

There is alraedy a link for the printable version, I don't see any benefit of
moving it to the bug number, which is unintuitive.

Comment 4

[Andreas Franke (gone)]

You could have a preference whether show_bug.cgi?id=xxxxx will display the
ordinary bug page or the "print ready" version, as long as you can still
override it with an additional parameter (e.g. &format=bar). In the new template
world, this may even be fun.

Comment 5

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

The User Interface component now belongs to Gerv.  Reassigning all UNCONFIRMED
and NEW (but not ASSIGNED) bugs currently owned by Myk (the previous component
owner) to Gerv.

Comment 6

[Toms Baugis]

after working with bugzilla for more than year, now i have another idea on this.
the page could be set by access parameters.
if user canedit, then show the editable bug form
if user not canedit, then show the print-ready version, although he should be
able to add himself to cc" (AFAIK adding comments, when groups are used, is not
allowed anyway, but this should be considered also)

Comment 7

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Reassigning back to Myk.  That stuff about Gerv taking over the User Interface
component turned out to be short-lived.  Please pardon our confusion, and I'm
very sorry about the spam.

Comment 8

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

The right way to do this is with a custom template for show_bug.cgi, with the
right template selected on the basis of the user's permissions.

Gerv

Comment 9

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

*** Bug 230196 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 10

[Toms Baugis]

Attachment: Screenshot with read-only=1

After another half year with bugzilla, i have another idea :)
I hope that this screenshot will help to explain it.

So - in top (gray box) you can see only few fields, which gives really clean
impression of bugzilla, and allows user quickly to overlook all necessary and
currently given aspects of bug. When new facts come (like attachments, flags,
and so), the box expands (actually it has 2-column layout).

There are so few fields, because template filters out all fields, which have
default values (or not-set values (like '--')), and show only changed (except
person data). Also - template hides flags, if they are not set and attachments
if there are none. Edit button brings you to standart template.

Below comments there is also standart knob (as noticed - most of time people
play with knob instead of changing things)

Oh - yes - as defaults can not be determined so easy just looking in bugzilla
config, missing default values are written in template (which means, that
eventually one can customize default values directly in template)

If this sounds like it could work, i could attach patch.

I think, this could make life easier for newcomers and improve overall
usability.

Comment 11

[Frédéric Buclin]

Comment 6 is precisely what bug 121576 is doing.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 121576 ***