504147 - Enhancement Request for handling version and state differently

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 55970

(Bugzilla :: Bugzilla-General, enhancement)

Description

[Cary Robins]

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We are using Bugzilla to track bugs in chip development.  One problem with chips, is that once you release a version and it is in the field, it is around forever and must be dealt with.  We need a bug system that can track a bug across multiple revisions and remember the state of the bug at each revision.  Our proposal is to replace the Version text-field and the State enumerated type with a variable length text field that would look something like this example:

Version="A0",State="Open"<nl>
Version="A1",State="Open"<nl>
Version="A2",State="Closed"<nl>

This would permit a query that asks "Give me a list of all bugs in the following states in Version A0 of the chip"

The GUI would allow the user to enter new pairs of versions and their associated states, or to edit old ones.  The default when a bug is opened, is to be in the most recent version.  We think this solution applies equally well to major software revisions as it does to chip development.  Please let me know what you think of the idea or if you know of other ways that people have solved it.

Reproducible: Always