On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:56:57 Martin Pool wrote:
> 2009/12/10 Tim Penhey <email address hidden>:
> > 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.
>
> Well, at the bzr level the link is per revision. But the scanner
> doesn't bring this across? OK.
LP had bug-branch links well before bzr did, and it was implemented at the bug
<-> branch level. There have been conversations around changing it, but
nothing is planned or decided even.
> I wonder if hiding fix released bugs would be another way to tackle it?
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:56:57 Martin Pool wrote:
> 2009/12/10 Tim Penhey <email address hidden>:
> > 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.
>
> Well, at the bzr level the link is per revision. But the scanner
> doesn't bring this across? OK.
LP had bug-branch links well before bzr did, and it was implemented at the bug
<-> branch level. There have been conversations around changing it, but
nothing is planned or decided even.
> I wonder if hiding fix released bugs would be another way to tackle it?
Yes that would seem reasonable.