174725 - Remove keywords, eventually (and use the UI for flags instead)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Bugzilla :: Attachments & Requests, defect)

Description

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

Apparently the new flags are a more general version of keywords and can be used
as non-requestable bug keywords.

We shouldn't have two systems for this and should aim to remove the old system.

One thing that was mentioned was that the keywords have a different UI (text vs.
checkboxes I believe) - this is something that needs to be fixed, the UI for
each of bug flags and attachment flags should determined by a threshhold of the
number of flags there are, which the admin can template-override.  Having two
different bug fields with different hardcoded UIs is not an appropriate solution.

Comment 1

[hacksaw]

Keywords have the potential to be an elegant and general solution to the problem
of needing further categorization. We are using Bugzilla in our company, and the
fact that Bugzilla 2.20 has "classification" just barely make it a good fit for
us. We have many programs, with their own products, and the components are often
made of assembled sub components from other, ongoing, projects.

The flags serve a slightly different solution, in that they can be there to
indicate special importance, such as a bug that blocks multiple projects, or is
needed for a special timeline.

What I'd like to see is for the keywords to become a pulldown, multiple
selection list. This interface of typing in a keyword only to have it rejected
because of misspelling or non-existance is pure irritation.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Keywords are clearly still useful (see b.m.o.) and aren't going away any time soon. They are used for different things to flags.

Gerv