what if tracker url changes?

[Gordon Tyler]

On Wed, November 17, 2010 12:40 pm, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 10:59 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> > I think the proper way to do it is to use (immutable) aliases for
>> > trackers, and specifying alias-to-tracker URL/interface mappings
>> /inside
>> > the repository/. That way you have zero-configuration URLs which are
>> > easily changeable.
>> FWIW, I completely agree.
> Wouldn't it be sufficient to just store a map of old to new bug URL
> locations? I don't see why this needs another level of indirection with
> extra unique identifiers.

Why should Bazaar care at all what the contents of the tag mean? As far as
Bazaar is concerned, "lp:12345" means no more than "torbugs:JEE-5294".
It's up to whoever or whatever is asking for those tags to interpret them
in the correct manner.