URL parameter defaults for milestone forms

[anonymous]

Ticket and wiki form defaults can be controlled by URL parameters:

• /newticket?summary=MyDefaultValue
• /wiki/test?action=edit&text=MyDefaultValue

The same would be useful for milestones:

• /milestone/1.0?action=edit&description=MyDefaultValue
• /admin/ticket/milestones?name=MyDefaultValue

But the default values are ignored there.

[anonymous]

I just noticed /milestone?action=new exists, and there /milestone?action=new&name=MyDefaultValue works. Great!

So /admin/ticket/milestones?name=MyDefaultValue is not urgently needed.

Unfortunately I think the other field default values like due checkbox or description can not be controlled here either.

[Jun Omae]

-1. That behavior doesn't sound secure. I think we should let the administrators explicitly enter the form in administrative pages.

[Ryan J Ollos]

What is the use-case for specifying milestone fields from a link? Name must be unique, so it can only be used once. The only other fields are Due, Completed and Description; which are usually unique.

I don't see a use-case like with tickets where you might want to have the Component, Type or a custom field set when creating a certain category of ticket.

[anonymous]

The use-case is semi-automated release process. Consider make release to (among many other steps) open in browser:

• /milestone?action=new&name=2019-10&due=1month
• /milestone/2019-09?action=edit&completed=today&retarget=2019-10&description=See%20wiki:Downloads/2019-09

So these can easily be submitted, maybe with optional minor manual adjustments.

[anonymous]

I don't understand security problem. Ticket and wiki forms and milestone name already have this feature.

Forget about admin page if that is the problem. Consider only /milestone page for action=new and action=edit please.

[Ryan J Ollos]

Replying to anonymous:

The use-case is semi-automated release process. Consider make release to (among many other steps) open in browser:

That's the intended use of TracAdmin:

$ trac-admin ../tracenvs/proj-1.3 help milestone add
milestone add <name> [due]

    Add milestone

[anonymous]

Trac-admin does not work without remote access which is a big can of worms.

[Ryan J Ollos]

​XmlRpcPlugin can be used to create milestones remotely.

[anonymous]

Thanks for the suggestion. We prefer the semi-interactive process using /milestone?action=new&name=2019-10 for confirmation purposes and optional minor manual adjustments. The only downside we see is that for some fields a default value can not yet be set.