Last modified: 2014-07-29 23:56:05 UTC
the component "Prototype server" in product Wikimedia can be removed. that is the pre-labs environment and bug 41433 "Kill protoype.wikimedia.org" has been resolved for a while.
Bugzilla allows removing components when no reports are left in that component. This is not the case here, and no idea where else to move these items. The component is already disabled for new bug entry. Not sure what we'd gain from removing it. I'd rather move that component to some "Deprecated" product in the long run. Also see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Bugzilla_taxonomy
gotcha, yea, what i really wanted to say then is "make it disappear from the selection list when creating new bugs". so just hide it. and that is in the case when you enter a new bug, i see. I just keep seeing all the old components when i do an advanced search and that made me file the ticket, thinking they could easily be removed and not realizing the difference between what is shown in advanced search and what is shown when creating a new bug.
if you want to move reports i'd suggest moving them to Labs/(Beta project) as the successor of Prototype. if you don't want to move old reports in general, i'm fine if you just 'won't fix' it. as i said above it was merely about the selection in advanced search and not that important.
