in-line :-
On 3/22/14, Tomasz Nitecki <t...@tnnn.pl> wrote:
> Hey,
<snipped>
> It is an interesting idea. In version 5 I've added an option to filter
> out selected types of opportunities (requested in #738169). You can
> filter everything but 'gift bugs' by using that (man how-can-i-help for
> details). Unfortunately, this option requires someone to configure it to
> make it work that way. So that is not entirely what you are asking for.
I saw the man-page. For newbies, they might or might not discover the
man-page.
> How about we add '--<bug_type>' or '--show:<bug_type>' option that would
> limit output to selected types? It won't need much more work, but it
> will be more usable for everyone.
That's exactly what I need. Also document it in how-can-i-help --help
which would probably be run by bunch of newbie number of times so the
easier it is, the more likely that people would start with something
as they would be more focussed on fixing a certain type of bug/s.
>
>> This way a newbie contributor can start in a jiffy. Also it should
>> have some difference in the bandwidth used as well.
>
> how-can-i-help uses (downloads and caches) static dump file that
> contains all the opportunities, so the bandwidth usage will remain
> unchanged regardless of the options used. However, making new
> contributor life easier is always most welcome :)
>
>
>> I did two invocations but neither worked :-
>>
>> $how-can-i-help --gift
>> $how-can-i-help | grep gift
>> In fact the first one showed me the following :-
>>
>> $ how-can-i-help --gift
>> /usr/bin/how-can-i-help:71:in `<main>': invalid option: --gift
>> (OptionParser::InvalidOption)
>
> The first one is simply unsupported. The second one would require us to
> place 'gift' marker on each line and that would be redundant in normal
> operation mode.
>
>
> Regards,
> T.
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