704215 - Request: New "Cited" field

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: General, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

I think it'd be great to have a field in Bugzilla (either through a code change, extension, or Bugzilla Tweaks addition) that would pull all valid bz bug numbers (not already specified in Depends, etc.) out of the comments and place them under a new "Related: " field in the bug.

The motivation behind having a related field is that I think the "Depends on: ", "Blocks: ", and "Duplicates: " fields do not encompass all bugs related to the issue at hand. When a person comments about a bug, even if in passing, it is somehow related to the investigation and is therefore valuable information.

This would be particularly valuable when trying to comb through long comment threads for possible leads on an issue.

Comment 1

[:glob ✱]

(In reply to Alex Keybl [:akeybl] from comment #0)
> The motivation behind having a related field is that I think the "Depends
> on: ", "Blocks: ", and "Duplicates: " fields do not encompass all bugs
> related to the issue at hand.

you missed the "see also" field, which can be used currently for this purpose (but requires to be populated manually).


we'll have to play it carefully with your suggestion as there may be a performance hit for it (maybe make it client-side javascript only?).

Comment 2

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

(In reply to Byron Jones ‹:glob› from comment #1)
> (In reply to Alex Keybl [:akeybl] from comment #0)
> > The motivation behind having a related field is that I think the "Depends
> > on: ", "Blocks: ", and "Duplicates: " fields do not encompass all bugs
> > related to the issue at hand.
> 
> you missed the "see also" field, which can be used currently for this
> purpose (but requires to be populated manually).

Yep - bz noob here :).

> we'll have to play it carefully with your suggestion as there may be a
> performance hit for it (maybe make it client-side javascript only?).

Client side JS sounds like it'd do the trick - not sure how much benefit there would be to tracking the bug #s outside of comments.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

How about labeling bugs mentioned in comments as "Cited:".
Because, cited bugs are not always "Related".

Comment 4

[Divyansh Sharma [:spiro]]

Hi, Dylan

A newbie here! I am much interested in taking up this bug if possible. Please tell me how to get started for resolving it.

Thanks.

Comment 5

[Kohei Yoshino]

I think this old bug can be closed as WONTFIX. We don’t need yet another field, but bug references should rather be included inline, just like GitHub. See https://github.com/mozilla-bteam/bmo/pull/788 for example.

Comment 6

[Emma Humphries ☕️🎸🧞‍♀️✨ (she/they) [:emceeaich] (Pacific Time) use needinfo]

I agree