[Reportbug-maint] Bug#624838: reportbug: need full-text search of bug reports

[Sandro Tosi]

clone 624838 -1
reassign -1 debbugs
retitle -1 please add a full-search SOAP API
block 624838 by -1
thanks

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 01:20, Arthur Marsh
<arthur.marsh at internode.on.net> wrote:
> Package: reportbug
> Version: 5.1
> Severity: wishlist
>
>
> I had bug 624781 closed with the implication being that I should have
> found bug 624145. However, the search of bugs using the 'f' command in
> reportbug only searches the subject line of bug reports.
>
> A full-text search option for all existing bugs for the same package
> would help in such cases.

Reportbug searches only on the bugs subjects since it's the only thing
it downloads at the first step. It's absolutely unfeasable to get a
full list of bugs + their content and then search on them (consider
bug packages like gnome, kernel and so on). If it's supported by the
backend (i.e. debbugs) by introducing a new API to be called via SOAP,
then we can introduce this "Full-search" option, else it's a wontfix
request.

Regards,
-- 
Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu)
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