61451 - Add queryable flags for Verification needed on Platform

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

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

Description

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

When Bugs are marked resolved fixed and require verification on multiple
platforms, it would be nice to be able to query for resolved fixed fixed bugs
that require verification on a given platform.  That would allow a person who
has a particular platform to query for those bugs they can verify.

These flags could be initialized when the bug is resolved fixed to be those
platforms on which the bug had been confirmed.

For example, I enter a bug on PC/Win2k. Later someone else confirms the bug on
Mac and changes platform to All.  When the bug is marked resolved fixed,
Bugzilla should update verification needed on platform flags for Mac, Linux and PC.

Later I veriify the bug on Win2k and the other user verifies on Mac, bugzilla
should clear the verification needed on Win2k and Mac flags. Sometime later, a
Linux user can query for resolved fixed bugs that need verification on Linux.

Downside to this RFE:  These flags would need to be populated for existing
resolved fixed bugs, but I think the effort would be repaid in the more
effecient verification of resolved fixed bugs.

Comment 1

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

This is related to the idea of verification points, similar to voting now, where
multiple people could be required to verify a bug.

Comment 2

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

-> Bugzilla product

Comment 3

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

This could be accomplished now with creative use of the Flag system couldn't it?

verify_mac?
verify_win32?
etc...

Comment 4

[Frédéric Buclin]

(In reply to comment #3)
> This could be accomplished now with creative use of the Flag system couldn't it?

Yes, I agree.