Comment 1 for bug 494807

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Tim Penhey (thumper) wrote : Re: [Bug 494807] [NEW] code review mail shouldn't mention already-merged bugs

On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:30:27 Martin Pool wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> In a case like
> https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~mbp/bzr/trivial/+merge/15909 this
> branch has previously been merged to fix bug 463099. I'm now reusing
> that trivial branch to do something else.
>
> However, both the web page and the review mail still mention the
> irrelevant bug 463099.
>
> Maybe they should only mention bugs fixed in the proposed branch and not
> in the target, or alternatively only bugs fixed in the unmerged
> revisions.

The problem with this is that bugs are linked to branches, not revisions.
Launchpad can't know that you are reusing a branch for a different reason.

  status triaged
  importance low