45043 - in enter_bug.cgi, want the Version selected to be a settable parameter

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Bugzilla :: Creating/Changing Bugs, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Christine Begle]

bugzilla v. 2.11

We would like that the Version in the bug entry form to be one of the settable 
parameters.  This would allow me to set the default version to the most likely 
value, so Bugzilla would select that value instead of the first value in the 
Version list.  

This would make this field more useful for the users of our system.

Comment 1

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

*** Bug 90114 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Andreas Franke (gone)]

-> Bugzilla product, Enter-Bug component, reassigning.

Comment 3

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

We are currently trying to wrap up Bugzilla 2.16.  We are now close enough to
release time that anything that wasn't already ranked at P1 isn't going to make
the cut.  Thus this is being retargetted at 2.18.  If you strongly disagree with
this retargetting, please comment, however, be aware that we only have about 2
weeks left to review and test anything at this point, and we intend to devote
this time to the remaining bugs that were designated as release blockers.

Comment 4

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Enhancements which don't currently have patches on them which are targetted at
2.18 are being retargetted to 2.20 because we're about to freeze for 2.18. 
Consideration will be taken for moving items back to 2.18 on a case-by-case
basis (but is unlikely for enhancements)

Comment 5

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Bugzilla 2.20 feature set is now frozen as of 15 Sept 2004.  Anything flagged
enhancement that hasn't already landed is being pushed out.  If this bug is
otherwise ready to land, we'll handle it on a case-by-case basis, please set the
blocking2.20 flag to '?' if you think it qualifies.

Comment 6

[Denis Roy]

We just got a request for this type of functionality: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=243417

Comment 8

[TT]

This bug is almost 10 years old.  Don't you think it's time it got fixed?

Comment 9

[Frédéric Buclin]

I don't think a default version will help. It's wrong to assume which version of your product a user is using and it will still require the QA team to check this information. If the user doesn't specify any version, then it would be better to fall back to some "unspecified" value, which you are free to add at the end of your version list.

Comment 10

[Markus Keller]

> It's wrong to assume which version of your product a user is using

That may be the case for some products, but not for all. I know that most users of our product use the latest officially released version. Setting that one as default would make most bug reports correct and neither reporter nor triager have to waste time fiddling around with this field.

We know this field is not 100% trustworthy, and we'd rather go with a solution that is 90% correct than with a solution that is 0% correct and causes unnecessary work (default to "undefined") or the current solution that is 10% correct and also causes unnecessary work (default to latest version, although that's not yet released).