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On 11-Sep-08, at 2:16 PM, John Sonnenschein wrote:

> I wrote some stuff to deal with defect.o.o :
> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~error404/doobug.diff
>
> couple questions on it though:
>
> how important is it that the mappings are the same for names. That  
> is, 'synopsis' in bugster terminology translates to short_desc in  
> bugzilla terminology
>
> Anyone have ideas on how to make BugDB's constructor look up in the  
> correct database sanely?
>
>
> Thanks
> -JohnS
> On 10-Sep-08, at 1:51 PM, Mark J. Nelson wrote:
>
>> S-M-D folks--
>>
>> Bonnie was looking for a "reasonably sized" chunk of work for John  
>> to chew on.  Since he lists Python on his resume, I suggested a  
>> whack at the bug lookup classes in DbLookups.  We don't get John to  
>> abuse as a dedicated member of the project team, but rather he's on  
>> loan, and we should treat him well to trick him into liking us and  
>> wanting to continue helping us out.  ;)
>>
>>
>>
>> John--
>>
>> If you're not already on it, please subscribe to scm-migration-dev at 
>> opensolaris.org 
>> .
>>
>> Then take a look at the "usr/src/tools/onbld/Checks/DbLookups.py"  
>> list under the "Post-tools-integration followup issues" section of
>> http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/ToolsReviewFeedback page.   
>> It's not a thorough problem statement, but if you look in the tools  
>> code underneath usr/src/tools/onbld, you can probably figure out  
>> the gist of what we want/need.
>>
>> The "work with defects.opensolaris.org" part is to get us ready for  
>> tools eventually working with an external defect tracking system.   
>> The "share a common interface" part applies to BooBug, Monaco, and  
>> the not-yet-written DooBug code; they really should be properly  
>> subclassed.
>>
>> Then make sure you're registered on the Bugzilla instance at 
>> http://bugs.grommit.com/ 
>> ,  and take a look at these marginally related bugs:
>>
>> 140 DbLookups.ARC & Comments should coalesce ARC queries
>> 495 rti check logic could be enhanced to deal with multiple returns
>> 496 DbLookups should consider following RTIstatus with RTIget
>>
>> Thanks, and please ask the alias for questions/clarifications/ 
>> review.  I obviously left out a fair amount of info, but those are  
>> good starting points.  (Hint: if the above doesn't get you to a  
>> clear statement of the problem(s) you're trying to solve, give me a  
>> call or e-mail the team.)
>>
>> --Mark
>


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