Task #2297
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"clone this bug" doesn't do anything useful anymore
Added by Lionel Mamane almost 7 years ago.
Updated about 6 years ago.
Description
on the bottom of the page of a bug, on the right, there is a "clone this bug" link.
It used to create a new bug with the same description with a note "* this bug has been cloned from bug NNNNN *", and put the same CC list, etc.
Now one is just dumped into the "choose a product" landing page, and nothing from the old bug is taken over.
Files
- Status changed from New to Resolved
- Assignee set to Christian Lohmaier
invalid/works as desired.
Copying a bug from one project/cateogry to another is exactly what clone-a-bug is used for, so just pick a category (or the same if you choose so), and the cloned info will be preinserted.
No it doesn't. The cloned info is not preinserted.
More precisely, the component is pre-filled, but the description is not, the CC list is not, the version is not, ...
what is that then? (see image)
Note: for hints on using bugzilla, the #libreoffice-qa channel provides quick repsonse/assistance
Further testing shows that:
- I get the (correct) result in your screenshot if I copy the URL of the "Clone this bug" link, remove "&format=guided" by and, and paste the URL in the address bar of the browser.
- Just clicking on "Clone this bug", I get the "choose product" screen, then "please check these frequently-reported bugs for duplicates", I click "my issue is not listed" and I get a mostly blank form.
Probably the easiest way to fix this is to not include "&format=guided" in the "Clone this bug" link?
further testing shows that I don't get the bug if I choose the project from the "all projects" list. I get it only if I choose the project from the "our most popular projects" section.
Meaning I have a working way to clone bugs, as long as I remember this quirk.
- Status changed from Resolved to Feedback
- Assignee changed from Christian Lohmaier to Xisco Fauli Tarazona
With Xisco wearing the hat on QA, asking him to have a look and, if he sees a need, propose a solution that either he or Cloph can carry out
(I don't use Bugzilla that often, so I can't make an educated guess on what's best.)
Hello Lionel,
it seems the 'clone this bug' button doesn't work with the guided page but it does with the normal one -> Once you click on 'Clone this bug', click on 'LibreOffice' from the list of all projects.
Xisco Fauli Tarazona wrote:
it seems the 'clone this bug' button doesn't work with the guided page but it does with the normal one -> Once you click on 'Clone this bug', click on 'LibreOffice' from the list of all projects.
Yes, that's what I realised after further testing, and explained in comment 6. I still think it is a bug, although we have a workaround (namely take care to select from all projects list, not top of page). Availability of the workaround makes the bug far less severe.
- Assignee deleted (
Xisco Fauli Tarazona)
Removing this from Xisco's pile to anyone who wants to take it - I assume (given seven months no complaints arose) this is not an issue anymore
If I'm wrong, please let me know :-)
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