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diff --git a/computer/two-types-of-objects.rst b/computer/two-types-of-objects.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3cd793e --- /dev/null +++ b/computer/two-types-of-objects.rst @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +Two types of objects +#################### + +:date: 2010-07-03T01:05:00 +:category: computer +:tags: jetpack, firefox, bugTriage + +I was reminded by `the Ehsan’s blogpost`_ of one still not fully +resolved problem with my bugzilla-triage_ script. The principal reason +why I started working on my third rewrite of scripts (still in +jetpack-prototype) was to make the script *really* useful over the +different bugzilla instances (specifically `MoFo bugzilla`_). I have +found lovely variant of `a similar script by Philipp Kewisch`_ which I +wanted to merge in mine. + +Philipp uses quite a different style of UI than I do. I am persuaded +that things like `muscle memory and mouse clicks minimalization`_ are +important considerations so I generally prefer a lot of buttons spread +all over the page (or in the places which I think are most appropriate), +Phillip prefers to have a minimal disruptions to the page with just one +scroll-up ``SELECT`` element. The second problem is of course what Ehsan +mentioned: there are just things too different between different +instances which cannot be coded over in one script. Ehsan mentions +interleaving text between commemtns, I could see on the Red Hat bugzilla +methods of XML-RPC (e.g., ``bugzilla.updateAttachMimeType``) which +are very important to me, but most likely not supported in the upstream +code. + +In the end I have decided to go after making the script palatable to +everybody by two ways. First of all I have modified my configuration +JSON file to allow adding items to the ``SELECT`` in the style Philipp +prefers, so that I believe his style of bugzilla page modifications can +be done only by the changes in the configuration file. + +The second line of attack was to create inheritance of objects. There is +a base object ``BZPage``, which contains methods and properties useful +on all bugzilla instances. And there are two (so far) child objects of +it: ``RHBugzillaPage`` and ``MozillaBugzilla`` (the latter is just +stub). RHBugzillaPage then contains a lot of code which is specific for +`RH Bugzilla`_ but not for anybody else. + +This is the idea, but the problem is that I work almost exclusively on +bugzilla.redhat.com (and bit of b.m.o but I cannot do much there) so I +am afraid those two concepts got incredibly mixed together. I would +really need somebody else to start using my code on b.m.o (or elsewhere) +and hitting all those RH-centric warts. + +The good news in all of this is that I have finally some real users in +the BugZappers land (Fedora bug triagers) and after some little warts, +it seems to work! Yay! So, now addons.mozilla.org and then. **WORLD +DOMINATION!** + +In other news, I have repented and switched the repository back to Git. +So the repository is now available at +``git://git.fedorahosted.org/bugzilla-triage-scripts.git`` (and we have +gitweb_ as well). + +.. _`the Ehsan’s blogpost`: http://ehsanakhgari.org/blog/2010-06-29/bugzilla-tweaks-now-available-extension +.. _bugzilla-triage: https://fedorahosted.org/bugzilla-triage-scripts/ +.. _`MoFo bugzilla`: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org +.. _`a similar script by Philipp Kewisch`: http://mozilla.kewis.ch/jetpack/bugzilla-comments.html +.. _`muscle memory and mouse clicks minimalization`: http://oreilly.com/news/zenclavier_1299.html +.. _`RH Bugzilla`: https://bugzilla.redhat.com +.. _gitweb: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=bugzilla-triage-scripts.git |