Another dumb question from a newbie: multiple bugs on the same page = 1 bug?

[ninetydegrees]

I keep finding bugs on Manage Comments. I've already filed three and I could file two more. I'm afraid it's getting a little ridiculous. What's the policy in this case? Should I file the new bugs independently anyway, edit the last one and give it a vaguer title? What?

BTW are there any guidelines somewhere for using Bugzilla? I don't get when it's ok to reopen a bug and when it isn't for example.

A: Reopen when there is a problem with the fix itself: it didn't fix the bug.

Comments

[janinedog]

If all of the bugs are small, easy to fix, and not likely to result in major issues if the fix goes wrong (i.e. none of them involve re-working the page in a major way), it's probably fine to keep them in one general bug. In other words, you just want to make sure that whoever is going to fix the bugs can do so in one patch without that patch being completely overwhelming or confusing.

Hopefully that helps a bit. It never hurts to make the bugs separate, so if you're not sure, just do that. :)

[ninetydegrees]

Hmm. I think I'll put the remaining issues into one bug then since I'm pretty sure I can fix the other ones. Thanks!

Also, I love small bugs, they're nice for babies like me.

Now on to figure out the difference between is_person and is_individual...

[foxfirefey]

If I remember,

is_person returns true if the account is a personal DW account.

is_individual returns true if the account is a personal or OpenID DW account.

[ninetydegrees]

Thank you!

I didn't know which was what. Hmm. Maybe I'll be able to fix that other bug then... Decisions, decisions...

[ninetydegrees]

Are there any other is_ e.g. for communities?

I'm trying to see how one would say "is a personal account or a community" because OpenID users can't receive comments, right? Are there any other type of possible accounts too?

[foxfirefey]

Yes!

There are the following functions, mostly self explanatory:

is_community
is_identity -- returns true if the user is an OpenID identity
is_official
is_paid
is_perm
is_redirect -- this user redirects to another user, like with renames
is_syndicated -- for a feed account

It looks like there's no function that combines both, but you can use two functions by using an or (||) in your if statement:

if ( $u->is_personal || $u->is_community ) {
  # This if statement works for personal journals or communities
}

[denise]

You can see all of the available is_* in User.pm.

[ninetydegrees]

So obvious and I've been looking for this file for ages. Thank.you.so.much.