In Bugzilla's Advanced Search, any value fields which allow bug numbers should also allow bug Alias names
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(Bugzilla :: Query/Bug List, enhancement)
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(Reporter: thomas8, Unassigned)
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In Bugzilla's Advanced Search, any value fields which allow bug numbers should also allow bug Alias names. This is easier to enter and to read, and would provide the extra advantage of being able to search for a group of bugs without having to list every bug (if their alias names follow fixed patterns).
As a real-world example, I would like to generate a query for all bugs which are blocking any Thunderbird Supernova meta bug. Most of the relevant metas have an alias which starts with "sn-", e.g. "sn-msglist" for Supernova message list meta bug etc.
The traditional way:
- Blocks: 100100, 100101, 100102, etc.
- Disadvantages:
- Whenever new meta bugs get generated, query needs to be manually changed by adding bug numbers.
- Bug numbers in a query are much harder to read and easier to get wrong than alias names
Proposed new way (this bug):
- Blocks: contains the string: "sn-"
- Advantage: This search will return all bugs which block a bug with an alias starting with "sn-", so with a very simple query, I can return all bugs blocking any of the relevant meta bugs.
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Comment 1•2 years ago
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The Blocks field already supports alias names (I do it all the time with the Bugzilla bugs blocking a particular release).
As for your search, you mean like this?
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?f1=alias&o1=regexp&v1=%5Esn-.%2A
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Comment 2•2 years ago
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Wait, you're looking for bugs that block a bug with that alias.... we support that on edit and show bug, but not on the search page, I see what you're getting at. So we want it to work on the search page, too.
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