[core-workflow] GSoC idea: bug.python.org improvements

[Ezio Melotti]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22 March 2015 at 14:11, Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 9:33 PM, R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 23:13:13 +1000, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I don't think we've discussed it anywhere yet (unless I mentioned it
>>>> to Ezio on IRC), but there are some issues around dependency display
>>>> that could conceivably be handled downstream. The main one is showing
>>>> which bugs a given bug is *blocking* - that is, those which depend on
>>>> the bug you're currently looking at.
>>>>
>>>> Another nice-to-have from my perspective would be the ability to add a
>>>> new comment without having to scroll back to the top of the
>>>> discussion.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, I suspect those would also qualify as being projects
>>>> best tackled under the Roundup banner, and I don't think it would be
>>>
>>> Nope.  Both of those are instance-only modifications, not core Roundup.
>>> The 'dependencies' field doesn't even exist in the stock roundup
>>> instance template.
>>>
>>> Comment box at the bottom has been previously suggested and was
>>> rejected in favor of hotkeys that let you scroll back and forth easily.
>>> I think that decision could be revisited, though.
>>>
>>
>> FTR, you can press 'r' (for reply) to jump to the reply box at the
>> top, 'esc' to unfocus it, and 'l' (lowercase L, for last) to jump to
>> the last message.
>> There are other shortcuts that you can see by pressing '?' or by
>> clicking 'Keyb. shortcuts (?)' at the end of the sidebar.  Note that
>> these shortcuts only work in the issues pages.
>
> I almost never use hotkeys beyond Ctrl-C/Ctrl-X/Ctrl-V - if something
> doesn't have a GUI element associated with it, it generally doesn't
> exist as far as I'm concerned :)
>
> I did just remember another small item though - hooking up searching
> by Real Name in addition to Username when adding someone to the nosy
> list (not everyone uses the first.last naming convention for their
> username, especially if they have an already established username
> they're bringing over from other services)
>

That should already work, but the autocomplete only includes people in
the expert list and committers.

>>   * since some of the Roundup devs said they would be available to
>> help, one option would be to find a core Python mentor for this
>> project (Nick?) and then the student can still interact with the
>> Roundup guys (including me) and get help from other devs as well.
>
> I'm already trying to figure out how to gracefully hand at least some
> of my current projects over to other people, so I won't be
> volunteering for anything new any time soon :)
>

If you figure that out let me know, or else I'll have to take the
cloning route again :)

> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
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