Issue 127: Inconsistent package naming for email watch lists leads to opaque UI
Status:  WontFix
Owner: ----
Closed:  Apr 2010
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Reported by code-rev...@gtempaccount.com, Sep 24, 2009
Reported by Christopher Tate <ctate@google.com> on Tue Apr 07 17:22:43 PDT 2009
Source: JIRA GERRIT-127

In repo, packages are referred to by names like "frameworks/base".  However,
when I try to add an email watch in Gerrit for that name, I get an error
dialog that reads:

    Code Review - Unexpected Error

    The  page you requested was not found.
                              [ Close ]

It turns out that Gerrit requires that I refer to packages by a different name
than repo uses, "platform/frameworks/base" in this case.  Yes, there's
autocompletion in the Watch input field, but that doesn't actually do anything
unless the first letter you type is a 'p' -- i.e. if you already know about
the naming inconsistency.  The naming really ought to be consistent between
repo and Gerrit, or if necessary, Gerrit should understand the same names that
are used with repo.

(And the error dialog *really* ought to be more sensible....)
Sep 24, 2009
#1 sop+code@google.com
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Sep 24, 2009
#2 sop+code@google.com
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Cc: ct...@google.com
Apr 24, 2010
#3 sop@google.com
Not sure we can do anything about the mismatch
between project names in Gerrit, and the names
that get used in the local repo checkout.
Status: WontFix