Emma, > it's not a indexed field or a real tag system, making it hard to parse, search, and update.
Could we dig into details a little more here? I assume we could add a database index for the whiteboard field if performance is an issue. Do we give keywords an enum value or something (so bugzilla can index/search them faster)? I'm not clear on what a "real tag system" means concretely here. thanks! Jason On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Emma Humphries <e...@mozilla.com> wrote: > There is a ticket for a "proper" tag system, > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1266609 which given time, I'd > like to get implemented, but with limited resources, this is what I can do > now. > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Patrick McManus <pmcma...@mozilla.com> > wrote: > > > as you note the whiteboard tags are permissionless. That's their killer > > property. Keywords as you note are not, that's their critical weakness. > > > > instead of fixing that situation in the "long term" can we please fix > that > > as a precondition of converting things? Mozilla doesn't need more > > centralized systems. If they can't be 100% automated to be permissionless > > (e.g. perhaps because they don't scale) then the new arrangement of > things > > is definitely worse. > > > > I'll note that even for triage, our eventual system evolved rapidly and > > putting an administrator in the middle to add and drop keywords and > > indicies would have just slowed stuff down. Permissionless to me is a > > requirement. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Kartikaya Gupta <kgu...@mozilla.com> > > wrote: > > > >> What happens after June 24? Is the whiteboard field going to be removed? > >> > >> 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 > -- Jason _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
