[dist-bugs] RFC buginfo microformat (handling disagreements)

[Joey Hess]

As I mentioned, I am not entirely happy with this, and of course it comes
down to something equivilant to solving the spam problem. This just provides
a few basic tools that can be built on to develop more useful/custom stuff.


Sometimes a third party might assert something about a bug that you don't
agree with. There needs to be a way to indicate that you disagree. This
creates two divergent states for the two views of the bug, which will be
tracked separately.

For example, A states that a bug is open, then B states A's bug is closed:

        \[[buginfo X state=open sig="gpg-A-1"]]
        \[[buginfo X state=closed ref="gpg-A-1" sig="gpg-B-1"]]

But A disagrees, and notes that it is ignoring B's buginfo:

        \[[buginfo X ignore="gpg-B-1" ref="gpg-A-1" sig="gpg-A-2"]]

If A later changes its mind, it can unignore B's buginfo:

        \[[buginfo X unignore="gpg-B-1" ref="gpg-A-2" sig="gpg-A-3"]]

Of course, B could choose to post a buginfo doing the same, or just repeat
its statement that the bug is closed. Either would re-close A's bug.

        \[[buginfo X unignore="gpg-B-1" ref="gpg-A-2" sig="gpg-B-2"]]
        \[[buginfo X state=closed ref="gpg-A-2" sig="gpg-B-3"]]

Or B could generate a new key, B', and use it to do the same. Which suggests
that there's no point in having a way to ignore *all* things signed by B.

If B forces the issue this way, A might decide to lock its bug state.
This would prevent any further changes to that branch of the state, unless
they were signed by A.

        \[[buginfo X locked=true ref="gpg-A-2" sig="gpg-A-4"]]

If A wants to let a particular buginfo from someone else make a state change,
A would issue another buginfo that merges with it. (A could choose to do
that automatically for buginfos signed by anyone A trusts.)

-- 
see shy jo
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
URL: <http://kitenet.net/pipermail/dist-bugs/attachments/20080710/1637dd12/attachment.pgp>