I've created a template that's intended for use on feedback pages where users report lots of bugs and issues:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Tracked
This could be useful in helping non-technical users quickly understand the status of issues that are being reported on-wiki.
However, it would be even more useful if the bug status could be automatically regularly updated according to what's in Bugzilla.
Is there a bot already that can update bugzilla status information in wiki pages? If not, is anyone in the list up for taking a crack at it?
Thanks :) Erik
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
I've created a template that's intended for use on feedback pages where users report lots of bugs and issues:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Tracked
This could be useful in helping non-technical users quickly understand the status of issues that are being reported on-wiki.
However, it would be even more useful if the bug status could be automatically regularly updated according to what's in Bugzilla.
Is there a bot already that can update bugzilla status information in wiki pages? If not, is anyone in the list up for taking a crack at it?
An alternative on this is to use a gadget or site JS bit to fetch the status live via Bugzilla's JSON-RPC interface -- that's easiest if all the pages are centralized in one wiki of course, so may not be ideal for pages on the other wikis.
-- brion
On 15/12/11 00:35, Brion Vibber wrote:
An alternative on this is to use a gadget or site JS bit to fetch the status live via Bugzilla's JSON-RPC interface -- that's easiest if all the pages are centralized in one wiki of course, so may not be ideal for pages on the other wikis.
-- brion
Or just create an extension which shows the status of a given bug (connecting to kaulen with read-only credentials). No dummy bot edits and no need of extra connections. And fits well in our know-how. Although perhaps those edits are a *feature*? (so that the change shows in the watchlist). In that case, better start reseaching bugzilla hooks and how to call from the hook the mediawiki perl framework.
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
An alternative on this is to use a gadget or site JS bit to fetch the status live via Bugzilla's JSON-RPC interface -- that's easiest if all the pages are centralized in one wiki of course, so may not be ideal for pages on the other wikis.
I like that approach best. We can just run a single consolidated API query the moment a page with [[Template:Tracked]] instances on it is loaded, and add most recent status updates to all the relevant bugs.
A bot would have the advantage of pushing the status to watchlists and such, but would have the disadvantage of never being fully up-to-date.
Let me put it in the gadget to-do list and, if there are no takers, I'll take a crack at it. :)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
It's a litte pitty but currently there is no english doc available for my 'subster' bot and it is not registred on mediawiki wiki (yet) but on de:wiki. It does sync or substitiution of e.g. url sources into wiki pages. So if you really consider doing this - then let me know and we can setup the bot on mediawiki!
Greetings DrTrigon
On 15.12.2011 00:31, Erik Moeller wrote:
I've created a template that's intended for use on feedback pages where users report lots of bugs and issues:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Tracked
This could be useful in helping non-technical users quickly understand the status of issues that are being reported on-wiki.
However, it would be even more useful if the bug status could be automatically regularly updated according to what's in Bugzilla.
Is there a bot already that can update bugzilla status information in wiki pages? If not, is anyone in the list up for taking a crack at it?
Thanks :) Erik
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
Now there are english docs available also, at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DrTrigonBot/Subster
please enjoy. Greetings - DrTrigon
On 15.12.2011 23:24, Dr. Trigon wrote:
It's a litte pitty but currently there is no english doc available for my 'subster' bot and it is not registred on mediawiki wiki (yet) but on de:wiki. It does sync or substitiution of e.g. url sources into wiki pages. So if you really consider doing this - then let me know and we can setup the bot on mediawiki!
Greetings DrTrigon
On 15.12.2011 00:31, Erik Moeller wrote:
I've created a template that's intended for use on feedback pages where users report lots of bugs and issues:
This could be useful in helping non-technical users quickly understand the status of issues that are being reported on-wiki.
However, it would be even more useful if the bug status could be automatically regularly updated according to what's in Bugzilla.
Is there a bot already that can update bugzilla status information in wiki pages? If not, is anyone in the list up for taking a crack at it?
Thanks :) Erik
_______________________________________________ Wikibots-l mailing list Wikibots-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibots-l
wikibots-l@lists.wikimedia.org