89620 - flash keyword to be replaced by status whiteboard comment

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: Administration, task)

Description

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

This bug is to propose that the flash keyword be replaced with a status
whiteboard comment. There are currently only a handful of open bugs with this
keyword and it looks like its use is limited to a only a few people (and mostly
sa an afterthought by folks doing bugzilla bookeeping). In situtions where there
aren't going to be scores or hundreds of uses by many people it doesn't make a
lot of sense to use a keyword. Keywords were designed to encourage consistent
usage by providing a meaningful description of usage and to enforced consistent
spelling for ease in querying. When a flag is as limited as this one it could
probably be just as effective in the status whiteboard and uncluttering the
Keyword list makes all of the other keywords that much more usable.

shrir, av and peterl, you are the primary users of this keyword. Are you willing
to switch over to putting that word in the status whiteboard, for the good of
all bugzilla users ;) If you have objections please let me know here and I'll
reconsider my request. Thanks.

--Asa

Comment 1

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

av, peter, shrir can you all comment?

Comment 2

[Peter Lubczynski]

Find with me, Av?

Comment 3

[shrirang khanzode]

Asa, this is fine with me.

Comment 4

[av (gone)]

Agree.

Comment 5

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

these bugs used to have the flash keyword: 
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bugidtype=include&order=bugs.bug_id&bug_id=,16125,18897,19125,27558,29767,30743,31808,32327,35777,36627,36997,37126,37137,37162,37477,37571,37710,42039,43528,45304,45697,46569,46940,47840,47968,48139,48498,48759,49127,49743,49850,50883,51922,52117,53976,54448,54493,54552,54850,55235,55695,56112,56120,56284,56549,57458,58339,58500,58685,58937,58957,59052,59620,60023,60102,60712,60717,60719,60721,60722,61915,62569,62830,63050,63182,63219,63243,63406,63688,64090,64134,65500,67831,68759,68773,70326,70880,70881,71163,72427,72988,75085,75501,75540,78502,78722,82090,83054,83302,83833,84509,86075,86367,86610,87099,87521,87786,88082,88266,89494,89771,90116,90152,91590,92536

Comment 6

[timeless]

vrfy fixed