Last modified: 2013-01-01 00:51:26 UTC
Bug 35534 is not going to be fixed in any foreseeable future and it's very urgent to replace the "fixme". Gerrit has no way to keep track of whether a code review comment or -1/-2 has been really addressed, and after the fact reviews are just message bottles thrown into the ocean (while -2 is not possible). Our only option seems to be bugzilla. Therefore we need an easy way to file bugs, like a button which automatically opens a bug form with a standard summary, a link to the change, the committer as assignee etc., and leaves a dummy review with a link to the bug. If it's a problem to map projects->components, then we could use a dummy one. Use case: we have dozens or hundreds of commits which need follow-up to fix badly worded system messages or to add documentation, even a "fix messages" button would be worth it.
This will have to wait until the next major Gerrit release, which has the ability to support plugins, so we don't have to get into the mess that core hacking brings
(In reply to comment #0) > Bug 35534 is not going to be fixed in any foreseeable future > This is not true. Just earlier this week I pushed some changes upstream to begin the work needed to support freeform tagging (both to get the work started and get the discussion going). However, that's not a reason to also possibly add a tool here. (In reply to comment #1) > This will have to wait until the next major Gerrit release, which has the > ability to support plugins, so we don't have to get into the mess that core > hacking brings Also not true--someone with JavaScript chops could whip up something here and we could deliver it in the site-specific HTML within Gerrit. Furthermore, 2.5 plugins don't expose GWTUI yet, so doing UI goodies like this wouldn't be done as a plugin.
