366317 - Howto: recurring bugs

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Bugzilla :: Documentation, enhancement)

Description

[Bill Barry]

I've been fooling around with email_in and cron and I realized that it is now very simple to create recurring bugs. Perhaps this should be a documented use of the inbound email interface.

All that is necessary is to create an "email" of what the bug should be and then pipe the email to email_in in a crontab schedule.

For example:
1. Create email, save as ~/recurring_task1.txt (I think my syntax is correct, I am making this up)
--
From: scheduler@your_bugzilla.com
Subject: Clean the fishtank

@Product = Maintenance
@Component = Default

The fishtank needs to be cleaned.

Expected results:
A clean fishtank.

Actual results:
a dirty fishtank.
--
2. enter cronjob: crontab -e
0 0 1 * * /bugzilla_installation/email_in.pl < ~/recurring_task1.txt

This will (well, should) create a bug to clean the fishtank on the first of every month.

Comment 1

[Max Kanat-Alexander]

Sure, this sounds like a really cool idea to me!

I think you should add it to the Wiki!

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

The API would be a better thing to use for this :-)

Gerv