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[Robert Collins <robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Robert Collins
> <robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This isn't deeply thought out, but I wonder if we can get rid of
>> 'product', 'distro' and 'distrosourcepackage' bugtasks (and thus
>> conjoined masters). If this mail gets a reasonable level of interest,
>> I will LEP this up and socialise it more widely.
>>
>
> Sounds like a good idea to me.
>
> There's already some confusion in the UI about bugtasks that are
> assigned to the current development focus of a distro. It would be
> nice if this change alleviated some of that.

I think it would.

> Ubuntu would be the biggest hit by this change, so it's worth talking
> directly to some key people there. I think Kate Stewart (the RM) and
> key people in QA (e.g. Brian Murray, Jeremy Foshee) would be a good
> start.

I'll LEP it up on Monday and start socialising the idea.

> I would note that just because we have a link to a ProductSeries
> doesn't mean we need to display "foo/trunk" in the bug task. In fact,
> that would seem like a bad idea.

I don't have an opinion here as yet - though I wouldn't expect a UI
change vs a series task as they render today, in the absence of any
specific design or user testing work.

-Rob