what if tracker url changes?

[John Arbash Meinel]

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On 11/17/2010 2:48 PM, Gordon Tyler wrote:
> 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.

Then you are welcome to set up a tracker whose "URL" is "torbugs:${ID}".

John
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