[csw-maintainers] mantis:how to declare a relationship?

[Peter FELECAN]

Sebastian Kayser <skayser at opencsw.org> writes:

> Hi Peter,
>
> Peter FELECAN wrote:
>> Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> writes:
>>> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 06:56:05PM +0100, Peter FELECAN wrote:
>>>> I'm reporting a bug and wish to declare a relationship between my report
>>>> and other reports --- in this case "duplicate". In other installation I
>>>> was able to declare this kind of relationship. In our installation this
>>>> is not possible or I don't know how...
>>>> -- 
>>> well there is still a "relationship" section so it has to be possible....
>>>
>>>  In the "relationships"
>>> section, there is a line for "New relationship".
>>>
>>> maybe it only appears if you are manager of the area. reporters cant
>>> declare relationships?
>> 
>> In our installation it seems so. In the other instances that I used it
>> was possible. Maybe there is a parameter to set. Anyhow, we have a
>> Mantis administrator now, isn't it? What has he to add to this?
>
> i am on it. From looking at it briefly it seems like as Phil presumed.
> You need certain privileges to declare a relationship (update rights on
> the bug you are reporting), which people don't have right now (except
> for their own packages i think). Need to do some tests to verify this.
>
> Right now the package owner should be able declare the relationship and
> you could give him a heads up, by just including the relevant #<bugid>
> in the bug notes. Btw., what's the reason to post a bug report that is a
> duplicate?

Here is an use case:

1. You skim the bug reports for the package --- you read the short
   description --- and there is nothing resembling your observation.

2. You fill the report.

3. Later, you read more thoroughly the other reports and you discover
   that there are other reports --- very old reports... which, maybe
   assert that the issue was corrected.

4. Now, you feel the imperious need to create a relationship of the
   "duplicate" kind.

There are many other cases which I'll not expose fearing boredom.
-- 
Peter