> On Jun 8, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Kartikaya Gupta <kgu...@mozilla.com> wrote: > > What happens after June 24? Is the whiteboard field going to be removed? >
No, the whiteboard field remains, but any tags migrated will be deleted from existing values. If a tag is used across teams, I'll work out a resolution such as both teams using the new keyword, or specific keywords as long as they don't semantically copy other existing fields. >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 4:32 PM, Emma Humphries <e...@mozilla.com> wrote: >> tl;dr -- nominate whiteboard tags you want converted to keywords. Do it by >> 24 June 2016. >> >> We have a love-hate relationship with the whiteboard field in bugzilla. On >> one hand, we can add team-specific meta data to a bug. On the other hand, >> it's not a indexed field or a real tag system, making it hard to parse, >> search, and update. >> >> But creating keywords is a hassle since you have to request them. >> >> The long term solution is to turn whiteboard into proper tag system, but >> the Bugzilla Team's offering to help with some bulk conversion of >> whiteboard tags your teams use into keywords. >> >> To participate: >> >> 1. Create a Bug in the bugzilla.mozilla.org::Administration component for >> each >> whiteboard tag you want to convert. >> >> 2. The bug's description should have the old keyword, the new keyword you >> want to replace it with, and the description of this new keyword which will >> appear in the online help. >> >> 3. Make sure your keyword doesn't conflict with existing keywords, so be >> prepared to rename it. If your keyword is semantically similar to an >> existing keyword or other existing bugzilla field we'll talk you about a >> mass change to your bugs. >> >> 4. Make the parent bug, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1279022, >> depend on your new bug. >> >> 5. CC Emma Humphries on the bug >> >> We will turn your whiteboard tag into a keyword and remove your old tag >> from the whiteboard tags, so make sure your dashboards and other tools that >> consume Bugzilla's API are updated to account for this. >> >> Please submit your whiteboard fields to convert by Friday 24 June 2016. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Emma Humphries >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-platform mailing list >> dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
