Is there any easy way to add keyword? Raise request in mailing list? I don't think it's efficient way. IMHO we need a mechanism/rule to let bug reporter/QA/Dev to add keyword which doesn't appear in the list. Change it to editable field?
BTW, I'd like to request adding following keyword to identify MS Office file format issue: MS 2003 MS 2007 MS 2010 2012/7/11 Herbert Duerr <[email protected]> > On 11.07.2012 05:13, Li Feng Wang wrote: > >> As QA, marking/tagging issues correspondingly is very useful. >> But I know, there is some way to use it in Bugzilla. I list some >> advantages >> and disadvantages about these ways, maybe not cover all. >> > > Thanks for starting the discussion! > > > 1)Set keywords in keyword item: >> Advantage: >> a)From >> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/**describekeywords.cgi<https://issues.apache.org/ooo/describekeywords.cgi>you >> can get >> corresponding defects info. >> b)As a condition item when define query/search. >> Disadvantage: >> a)Not flexible to definition, need use keywords already defined. >> b)Not visual when get info from issues mail list(bugzilla) >> c)Some queries not include keyword item as condition, then query >> result will not include this info. >> > > Disadvantage-a is not so big: Do you have suggestions on what new keywords > would be most required? We can easily add them. Having a reasonable and > non-inflated list of keywords is certainly helpful. > > If you mention disadvantage-b then I suggest you look for the "Change > Columns" link on one of your search-result pages and add the "keywords" > from the "available columns" to the "selected columns". Then disable the > checkbox for "for this search only" and press the "change columns" button > => in the future all your queries will list the keywords next to the > subject line. > > For disadvantage-c I suggest to adjust the queries to include the keyword > if doing so improves the query > > > 2)Add keywords in defect Summary/headline: >> Advantage: >> a)Visual to get keyword info from summary, no matter what's way you >> get defects, issues mail list or simple query. >> b)Flexible to definition according demands. >> Disadvantage: >> a)Can't make it as query condition. >> > > For avantage-a please see my answer above to disadvantage-b1: Option 1 > also makes it easily possible to see the keywords next to the subject lines > in all your search results. > > > 3)Both add keywords/tags in keyword item and summary. >> > > Requiring that several fields have to be kept in sync manually is a > classic recipe to create inconsistencies. I don't like inconsistent > databases. If we could automate it there would not be such a problem, but > with the change-columns approach the need for that is reduced somewhat. > > Herbert > -- Thanks & Best Regards, Yan Ji
