Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of TracDev/Proposals/NewTicketDuplicateCheck

Timestamp:

Jun 25, 2008, 11:34:08 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Christian Boos

Comment:

Idea for a plugin using the information from the MostFrequentDuplicates page

TracDev/Proposals/NewTicketDuplicateCheck

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  * [http://groups.google.com/group/trac-dev/browse_thread/thread/d07c7ed673eb170e NewTicket duplicates discussion]
  * [http://groups.google.com/group/trac-dev/browse_thread/thread/2db506098b5b6276 ticket duplicate discussion]
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+ * [#MostFrequentDuplicatesPlugin] proposal
 
 == Display an overview, and two links "report bug", "ask question" ==
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  = [Comments] = 
 Duplicates are not done by LP, by HUMANS.
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+== !MostFrequentDuplicatesPlugin ==
+
+Here's an idea for a plugin that could be used for doing semi-automated duplicate checking.
+It's pushing the idea of the MostFrequentDuplicates page a step further, 
+by using the information collected there ''before'' new tickets get created.
+
+We could use a bit more structure in that page, for associating patterns to tickets, e.g.
+
+ Pattern:: HTMLParseError: bad end tag
+ Duplicate of:: #4365
+ Note:: related to a SilverCity bug
+
+ Pattern:: PyGIT.py.*cannot concatenate 'str' and 'NoneType' objects
+ Duplicate of:: #6976
+ Note:: This is a bug in the TH:GitPlugin for Trac on nonexistent paths, see TH:ticket:2671
+
+Before ticket creation, the ticket description should be scanned for the available (multi-line) patterns and if a match is found, a validation warning should be returned (see [source:tags/trac-0.11/trac/ticket/api.py@#L127]). This will prevent ticket creation and show a warning which can display the duplicate ticket and the associated note. See also e.g. the [source:tags/trac-0.11/trac/wiki/interwiki.py InterWiki] module for hints about retrieving data from a Wiki page.