Allow +filebug?field.tags=... URLs for pre-setting tags

Bug #79671 reported by LaserJock
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Launchpad itself
Fix Released
High
Björn Tillenius

Bug Description

MOTU would like to use LP for new package requests. We were going to open a new product but kiko said that filing a bug against ubuntu would be better and then track them with tags. However, this does add a big complication that users have to know the right tag to use and need to learn/remember to set the tag. Most of the new package requests are "drive-bys" and are not generally from experienced LP users.

My request is that it would be possible to set the tag via URL as in +filebug?field.tags=universe-request

I'm not sure if this is related to Bug #54359 or not but the main issue is getting down to 1 URL that we can give people to file a new package request. As we would really like to get this operational soon it would be great to get feedback on feasability.

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Diogo Matsubara (matsubara) wrote : Re: Allow +filebug?tag=... URLs for pre-setting tags

Bjorn, could this be done as a fix-it-friday bug?

Perhaps this should be something like: +filebug-advanced?field.tag=foo instead of a parameter of the normal +filebug form.

Changed in malone:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Björn Tillenius (bjornt) wrote : Re: [Bug 79671] Re: Allow +filebug?tag=... URLs for pre-setting tags

On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:23:57PM -0000, Diogo Matsubara wrote:
> Bjorn, could this be done as a fix-it-friday bug?

Yes, it's quite easy to do.

> Perhaps this should be something like: +filebug-advanced?field.tag=foo
> instead of a parameter of the normal +filebug form.

It's probably best to start with +filebug-advanced, yes. It's not hard
to make it work with +filebug as well, but I'm not sure about the UI. To
+filebug-advanced we can add a tag widget which will make it clear, but
I'm not sure what to do in +filebug. It can be confusing if it works,
but there's no indication of that a tag will be added.

Changed in malone:
assignee: nobody → bjornt
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in malone:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Björn Tillenius (bjornt) wrote : Re: Allow +filebug?tag=... URLs for pre-setting tags

A fix is in the review queue.

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Björn Tillenius (bjornt) wrote :

This bug is now fixed in the beta. It's possible to specify using field.tags=sometag as a query parameter in the URL. This works for both the advanced and the normal +filebug page.

Changed in malone:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
description: updated
Changed in malone:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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