Close bugs automatically from package changelogs

[Marco Rodrigues]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/malone/+bug/91925

And how about this? That would be great to do big clean ups on LP =)

Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> CCing launchpad-users
> 
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>> I'm pleased to announce that, thanks to a joint effort of Launchpad and
>> Ubuntu developers, you can now close bugs in Launchpad automatically when
>> you upload a source package.
> 
> That's good news!
> 
>> Simply use the following notation in your package changelog entry:
>>
>>   rats (2.1-7ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low
>>
>>     * apply patch http://librarian.launchpad.net/5055905/report.diff from
>>       https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rats/+bug/63561, thanks to ville palo.
>>       (Fixes LP: #63561)
>>
>>    -- Reinhard Tartler <siretart at ubuntu.com> Mon, 28 May 2007 04:34:11 -0500
>>
>> You can place any explanatory text that you like around it, so long as the
>> pattern "LP: #" precedes the bug number.
> 
> I was wondering whether that supports more than one bug report, and how
> should be the syntax (e.g. "(LP: #1, #2, #3)").
> 
> Cheers
> Emilio
> 
>> This will result in a comment on the bug which looks like this:
>>
>>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rats/+bug/63561
>>
>> and the status of the bug will be automagically updated for you, saving the
>> time and effort of locating the bug in your browser and setting it manually.
>>
>> For those who are curious, behind the scenes this is converted into a
>> special header in the .changes file, which Launchpad knows how to parse.
>>
>> If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please mail me directly
>> or join us on the launchpad-users mailing list.
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
> 

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Marco Rodrigues

http://Marco.Tondela.org