Yes, 'amnesty' is probably too strong a term, and 'cleanup' is probably better.
-- Emma On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Patrick McManus <pmcma...@mozilla.com> wrote: > that's useful thanks. I think the word amnesty implied the death penalty > for existing whiteboard tags. > > what it sounds like is you're just offering (for a limited time) to do > conversions on an opt-in basis? That's great. > > -P > > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Emma Humphries <e...@mozilla.com> wrote: > >> >> >> > 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> firefox-dev mailing list >> firefox-...@mozilla.org >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/firefox-dev >> > > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
