User tags for the BTS were announced by aj here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/09/msg00002.html

Comments about usertags can go on this page...

from #debian-mentors:

<pabs3> ooh, usertags
<pabs3> bts++
<Nigel> pabs3: i thought it was a random users suggestion at first, was about to reply, "HAHAHA, they will never do that"
<pabs3> :)
<pabs3> aj does roxor
<Nigel> yeah
<Nigel> i must go and set usertags on all my bugs now...
<Nigel> i must say the following though: it'd be nice for the maintainer to get a copy of all tags set...
<pabs3> yeah, indeed
<Nigel> also, it'd be nice if there was a link up the top now, with "Maintainers Tags"
<Nigel> or (dunno if this defeats the purpose) set it up so tags set against the maintainer's email address, or the package@packages.d.o addy shown by default...
<pabs3> even better, add a thing to reqest@ for advertising usertags by default for a certain user/package/etc combo
<pabs3> adding it to the wiki page :)


One could add a option to the CGI to select a predefined categorisation class. I would like to say something like

 Example 1:
 ...;class0=Status;nam1=myown;pri1=...;ttl1=...;class2=Severity

Another useful addition could be to be able to globally rearrange the ordering of the categories. If I have used example 1 and now I want to rearrange the categorisation to move Severity to the top level I currently would have to do that (we assume for a moment the class parameters would actually work):

 Example 2:
 ...;class1=Status;nam2=myown;pri2=...;ttl2=...;class0=Severity
 better:
 ...;class0=Status;nam1=myown;pri1=...;ttl1=...;class2=Severity;ord=1,2,0

Here my first tries with categorisation together with usertags:

by ?FrankLichtenheld


It would also be very nice to use the package a bug is filed against to divide them into sections. I'd like to use something like this:

   tag=proposed-orphan,proposed-removal;
   users=debian-qa@lists.debian.org;
   ...
   nam1=Status;pri1=pkg:ftp.debian.org,wnpp;
   ttl1=Pending removal,Waiting for adoption,No answer yet;
   ord1=2,1,0

by ?MarcBrockschmidt


(This is done.)


--?AdeodatoSimo



Here's a useful view in the BTS: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=security;users=debian-security@lists.debian.org;ordering=tracked