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Open non-bugwatch bug reports exist on projects/distros that don't use Launchpad Bugs

Bug #33642 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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Launchpad itself
Triaged
Low
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Bug Description

Launchpad no longer lets people report bugs on a project or distribution unless the registrant of that project or distribution has said they're using Launchpad for bug tracking.

However, there are a bunch of bug reports that were filed on such projects or distributions before this restriction was implemented. Some of these should be linked to bug watches; some are on projects when they should be on packages; some are probably duplicates; a few may be invalid.

Examples include <https://launchpad.net/quills/+bugs> and <https://launchpad.net/grub-installer/+bugs>.

These bugs need to be resolved somehow. One way would be for a DBA to run a query and give us links to all the bugs so we can resolve them ourselves. Another way would be to provide a link on Launchpad's Bugs front page for volunteers to help out. Which way would take less time depends on how many such bugs there are.

This bug is dependent on bug 34343, because that bug still allows bug reports to become misfiled, and the cleanup should need to be done only once. If the bug reports are cleaned up manually, it may also depend on bug 1342. And if they are cleaned up automatically, it apparently depends on bug 880942.

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
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Diogo Matsubara (matsubara) wrote : Re: Weed out open non-bugwatch bugs on products/distros that don't use Malone

https://launchpad.net/products/quills/+bugs is a good example. It has some bugs reported against it, but it doesn't use Malone as its official bugtracker

Changed in malone:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
description: updated
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
description: updated
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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote :

Data cleanup is ops - a question - not a code defect.

Changed in launchpad:
status: Triaged → Invalid
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

Question 171818 has "expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days" (which, in turn, is because it is blocked on the bug I mentioned originally). So, in this absence of a better place to track the task, I'm reopening this.

Changed in launchpad:
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote :

Not a code issue per se.

Changed in launchpad:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
description: updated
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

Question 173778 has again "expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days", because it is blocked on unfixed bugs, but it still needs doing. Reopening.

Unless you're going to introduce a third tracker to track tasks that are neither code issues nor appropriate to expire after 15 days, I suggest loosening the rules about what kinds of things are tracked in Bugs.

Changed in launchpad:
status: Invalid → New
Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
Changed in launchpad:
importance: Medium → Low
summary: - Weed out open non-bugwatch bugs on products/distros that don't use
- Malone
+ Weed out open non-bugwatch bugs on products/distros that don't use Lp
+ Bugs
Changed in launchpad:
status: New → Invalid
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote : Re: Weed out open non-bugwatch bugs on products/distros that don't use Lp Bugs

Was this marked Invalid on the grounds that it's being tracked as a question, or on the grounds that it's no longer a problem? It's not being tracked as a question; the question has expired. And it's still a problem: for example, bug 254584 is effectively invisible because it is filed against two projects, neither of which use Launchpad for bug tracking.

Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
summary: - Weed out open non-bugwatch bugs on products/distros that don't use Lp
- Bugs
+ Open non-bugwatch bug reports exist on projects/distros that don't use
+ Launchpad Bugs
Changed in launchpad:
status: Invalid → New
Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
Changed in launchpad:
status: New → Triaged
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