Header extension to be able to query remote bugzilla for a package
There are many times that one wishes to find what bugzilla bugs are
open for a given binary rpm. The process for doing so usually involves
identifying the SRPM used to build the binary package, and then
manually entering that retrieval key into a bugzilla search web form.
Since bugzilla has an XML interface and a retrieval URI, a header tag
extension can be used to automate some of this process.
The hardest part would be writing/maintaining the custom XML
parser that would be needed (but libxml2 has many examples).
Adding a header tag extension which is able to perform simple queries
is easy: the harder part is to make that extensible to handle complex
search criteria.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
- Approver:
- Jeff Johnson
- Priority:
- Low
- Drafter:
- Jeff Johnson
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Jeff Johnson
- Definition:
- Discussion
- Series goal:
- Accepted for 5.4
- Implementation:
-
Not started
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Completed by
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Adrian "Dr Doom" Likins wrote a python program called bugzuki @redhat a long
time ago that might be a good starting point.
Otherwise abrt is likely the most current/best implementation.
Q: How much does the XML interface vary between bugzilla versions? I
know Red Hat's bugzilla has always been heavily modified.
A sample python program would help assess what work would be needed.
