Closed Bug 149308 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

Bugzilla Helper should ask for user-agent not "Build ID"

Categories

(Bugzilla :: Bugzilla-General, defect)

Product:
Bugzilla
Component:
Bugzilla-General
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: 3.14, Assigned: gerv)

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Details

When you use Bugzilla Helper to submit a bug, you are asked for the build id. This has far less meaning than the user-agent string, e.g., OS an rv are not included. You cannot tell if this is branch or trunk. On the other hand the submitting user-agent is recorded which may or may not be the one which produces the bug. So it would be better to ask for the user-agent in the first place and prefill with the one used for submission. Also add an explanation how to find it (Help/About Mozilla). pi
except that in some instances the build id might be of some product that isn't a browser. (openwatcom.org builds compilers and uses bugzilla)
OK, so this is maybe something just for bugzilla.mozilla.org. In your case it doesn't seem to make too much sense to record the user-agent anyways. pi
*** Bug 154495 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This belongs to me. The new Bugzilla Helper (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=simple) has this feature. But we need the entire build ID in the user-agent string, ideally - but that's very unlikely to happen. Gerv
Assignee: myk → gerv
Component: Creating/Changing Bugs → Bugzilla Helper
Product: Bugzilla → Webtools
Version: 2.15 → other
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=simple does only extract the build ID AFAICS. I am talking about the field "Build ID" not the additional information which might be added for the reporting browser. pi
The newer version of that form, currently attached to bug 133559, extracts the whole user-agent. Gerv
Does this mean we can dupe onto bug 133559? pi
It's a dependency relationship. Gerv
Depends on: 133559
Bugzilla Helper is no more! The new and improved simple bug entry form is: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided And it asks for User Agent. Gerv
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
*** Bug 151776 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 112645 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Great. A 301 on the old http://www.mozilla.org/quality/help/bug-form.html would be a better choice, though. Then link-checkers would find it. This way you have to use the link and click, then tell someone who links to it etc. pi
A 301 would require configuring the webserver (I believe), and I don't have the ability to do that. Gerv
Webtools/Bugzilla Helper is being retired.
Component: Bugzilla Helper → Bugzilla-General
Product: Webtools → Bugzilla
Target Milestone: --- → Bugzilla old
Version: other → unspecified
clearing milestone on all DUPLICATE/WONTFIX/WORKSFORME/INVALID so they'll show up as untriaged if they get reopened. "Jiminy Cricket!" for the filters (and I don't care if it's spelled wrong ;)
Target Milestone: Bugzilla old → ---
QA Contact: matty_is_a_geek → default-qa
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