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[Bjorn Tillenius <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 08:01:24AM +0100, Graham Binns wrote:
> On 12 April 2010 06:04, Tim Penhey <tim.penhey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Deryck,
> >
> > As discussed before I'm tackling the JFDI approach and I'm going to get the
> > scanner to update the bug-task status [1].
> >
> > I'd like the bug-task to be set to in-progress when it is linked to the
> > branch, and fix-committed if it is linked to a branch that was marked as merged
> > through a merge proposal.
> >
> > Since the scanner is a script, what do you think the best approach is so that
> > the appropriate subscribers get notified? Â I had a brief look at the bug code
> > but it was not clear to me exactly how to proceed.
> 
> The simplest way I can think of, though not a particularly elegant one,
> is to do something like this:
> 
>     from lp.bugs.adapters.bugchange import BugTaskStatusChange
>     change = BugTaskStatusChange(
>         bug_task=bug_task, when=UTC_NOW, person=current_person,
>         what_changed='status', old_value=old_bugtask_status.title,
>         new_value=new_bugtask_status.title)
>     bug_task.bug.addChange(change)
> 
> However, I'd be inclined to say "use whatever the API uses," but I don't
> actually know what that is (just from a bit of looking around at pre-8am
> I can't find it, anyway).

The easiest way is probably to use IBug.setStatus(). It will do the
right thing (including notifying people about changes), even if you pass
in an IProductSeries.


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