Bug#800917: debbugs: Force merge attempts to reference archived bug reports

Ben Finney <[email protected]> Mon, 5 Oct 2015 10:40:39 +1100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.debbugs
Message-ID	<20151004234038.GP20868__23151.0540740148$1444002157$gmane$org@benfinney.id.au>

Package: debbugs
Severity: normal

Howdy,

Attempting to ‘forcemerge FOO BAR’ fails if bug#BAR references
archived bug reports.

In the case prompting this bug report, Debbugs attempted to add the
‘blockedby’ bug numbers to the subordinate bug report; but some of
those numbers refer to closed, archived, reports.

Setting the ‘blockedby’ for the subordinate bug report fails when some
blocking bugs are archived; therefore the entire merge fails.

Two possible resolutions come to mind:

* Remove blocking bugs from any ‘blockedby’ property, when those
  blocking bug reports are closed and archived.

* When attempting to merge reports, don't count blocking bugs that are
  closed and archived.

Choosing a resolution will depend in part on what is the intended
meanings of “archived” and “blocks”, and what is the intended meaning
of a bug report in both those states.

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Ben Finney <[email protected]>

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