Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Ralph Lange <[email protected]> · Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:16:50 -0400

 On 18.08.2010 14:15, Andrew Johnson wrote:

I would prefer that if possible we use the Bazaar --fixes option for recording
that a commit fixes a known bug, since Launchpad will pick up on that
automatically.

I tried that with my commit 12094 seven days ago, closing bug  lp:615916.

Fact is, Bazaar records that information (including a bug tracker URL to

the issue) in the patch:

The branch browser shows a link to the bug.

"bzr qlog" shows the bug has been fixed and a link in the meta-info box,

and puts colored tags to revisions.

I did not find a way to grep the output of "bzr log" for a bug number

unless it is in the commit message.

Launchpad did pick up much:

It does not update the bug status in any way, so the bug's status is

still "In Progress", not "Fix Committed".

It does not add a link to the revision to the bug report.

(Launchpad claims to add a link from the bug page to the branch page and

vice versa, though. In this case I was adding that relation when I

created the bug report.)

   I'm not going to object to people adding this kind of
information as well if they like, but I don't want to make it a rule that we
have to enforce.

That's fine, as Bazaar seems to correctly add and show the link to the

closed bug, and Launchpad probably does create links between the bug and

the branch that fixes it.

There is no way to create a bug relation other than "fixed" on a commit.

"Is related to" has to be done manually through email or web interface.

And you still have to edit and close the bug manually. That is actually

quite disappointing, since other systems (Trac, Redmine, ...) integrate

the bug tracker in a way that lets you actually close bugs by commit

message.

I have added these suggestions to the new Wiki page at
http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/wiki/index.php/Style_Guide_for_Bazaar_commit_messages

Thanks a lot!
Ralph

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System