No "19" yet in Bugzilla version field

Adam Williamson awilliam at redhat.com
Fri Feb 8 17:00:56 UTC 2013


On 07/02/13 10:03 PM, John Reiser wrote:
>> Is there magic for bugs against 18 that are also bugs in 19 once branch happens?
>
> I have participated in several bugzilla reports of this kind (bug in Fedora N
> remains unfixed as Fedora N+1 appears with "new" package) but I have not seen
> any "magic".  The original reporter, or some person with elevated privileges,
> must change the Version manually (and please Comment that the same bug persists.)
> A random user on the CC: list cannot change the Version, but s/he can clone
> the bug into a new bug, and set the Version on the cloned report.  Such cloning
> usually is discouraged unless it is known that separate fixing efforts
> will be conducted, or when peculiarities of Fedora N+1 actually create
> a different situation.  Therefore, I use a Comment to request that the
> original reporter change the Version.

I believe that at branch point we run a script which converts all 
'rawhide' bugs not marked as RFEs (in one of a few ways) to be against 
the branched version. You're probably thinking of the EOL process: 
obviously we don't automatically move those bugs forward, as that would 
defeat the object.
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