Close bugs automatically from package changelogs

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 03:52:59AM +0800, Alan Tam wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> > This will result in a comment on the bug which looks like this:
> >
> >   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rats/+bug/63561
> >   
> Since launchpad is a portal towards our users, I think there is a
> necessity to explain what is happening than a simple changelog like entry.
> 
> For example, mysql has some standard templates to tell their users what
> versions of the software has the bug fixed.
> <http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=21345>
> Similar text also appear in debian's bug tracker.
> <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=234567>
> 
> I am not for the idea of writing long paragraphs like in debian, but I
> guess we should write a couple of sentences to explain the situation.
> 
> Example text:
>     Reinhard Tartler has fixed this bug in version 2.1-7ubuntu1 of the
> rats source package and this bug is now marked as Fix Released. Please
> comment at https://launchpad.net/bugs/63561 if you disagree.

Sounds like a fine idea to me, and should be very little work to implement.

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 - mdz