Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 22
IssueZilla
Last modified: 2008-05-17 23:34:34 UTC
I know its probably a bug with the original bugzilla code - but so far I have lost two bug submissions because of not choosing a valid component. What happens is I forget to choose a component - I get to the next page and then I hit back - and I lose - because the data is lost. That can get real frustrating real quick.
this is an issuezilla feature 'tools' is for OpenOffice tools
It is unlikely we'll be able to fix this problem as the issue mostly (IMHO) resides in your browser or it's lack of functionality. In my experience, most browsers on Windows and Linux will maintain form data when you hit "back." I believe issuezilla relies on this behavior, and it is probably not so wonderful to force people to go "back" when issuezilla could just compute which information it still needs, and present, dynamically, the missing information in a form. It's again unlikely we could or would invest this level of re-engineering into customizing Buzilla this way. However, such features are entirely with the realm of possiblities for our upcoming update to the SourceCast Issue tracking system on openoffice.org -- to scarab (scarab.tigris.org). It is most likely this issue, if ongoing, should be addressed LATER, in Scarab. Thus my change of the resolution of this issue to that value. Unless this is one of those bugs that takes out a huge portion of the usership of OpenOffice, e.g. "breaks in internet explorer" or "breaks in netscape", "breaks in mozilla" I would imagine this will turn out to be the case. You may also want to report this as a bug or mis-feature with your current web-browser. A whole bunch of forms on the internet rely on not losing data when you go "back" -- and the most annoying ones are the ones that'll lose form data even with browsers that do maintain "state" in their forms.... What Browser are you using?
need to remember to accept and own before i resolve
accepting issue
Resolution is 'LATER' as in, we don't believe we will be able to resolve this class of error in IssueZIlla. We should address in Scarab and determine if this is a critical issue to resolve prior to scarab deployment on oo.org.
Update: After the next upgrade, forgetting to enter a component, description or summary should no longer cause data to be lost. Either a popup window or a new screen requesting that the fields be completed should appear. Action Plan: Adding Truckee 1 to target milestone. Let's confirm this behavior when the staging server for the next upgrade becomes available. Thanks, Kristen
Reopening to change/update with the current status of the issue .
This issue has been resolved in 2.6.6 version of Collabnet Community Edition.
The Issue you raised has been marked as 'Resolved' and not updated within the last 1 year+. I am therefore setting this issue to 'Verified' as the first step towards Closing it. If you feel this is incorrect, please re-open the issue and add any comments. Many thanks, Andrew Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues ~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~ http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html
As per previous posting: Verified -> Closed. A Closed Issue is a Happy Issue (TM). Regards, Andrew