[Tracker-discuss] [issue563] activity date search does not return all issues with activity on that date

Ethan Furman added the comment: Just verified that a date range behaves the same on my tracker, this tracker, and the b.p.o. tracker. Note that I'm interested in the Last Activity Date field, not the Creation Date field. ___ PSF Meta Tracker

[Tracker-discuss] [issue563] activity date search does not return all issues with activity on that date

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Have you tried entering a date range like the ones in the second bullet list at http://roundup.sourceforge.net/doc-1.0/user_guide.html#date-properties in the search page? ___ PSF Meta Tracker

[Tracker-discuss] [issue563] activity date search does not return all issues with activity on that date

Ethan Furman added the comment: No, although that may be as close as I can get. Ideally I would put a date in the activity date field, and get back a list of issues that had any activity on that date. Having looked into it further and realizing that (nearly?) every piece of information has it

[Tracker-discuss] [issue563] activity date search does not return all issues with activity on that date

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Are you asking for something like http://bugs.python.org/msg?%40sort0=activity&%40sortdir0=on ? -- nosy: +ezio.melotti ___ PSF Meta Tracker _

[Tracker-discuss] [issue563] activity date search does not return all issues with activity on that date

R David Murray added the comment: Since I have no need for the feature, not me :) This wouldn't really belong in the issue search page anyway, unless someone completely rewrote it. Instead you'd create a search template for msg, which could list the issue the message is linked to as part of t

[Tracker-discuss] [issue563] activity date search does not return all issues with activity on that date

Ethan Furman added the comment: Okay, I think the change needed would be to match the activity date against the _msg table, and pull any items that have messages matching the date. I don't think I could even rewrite the sql for that, let alone the code to create the sql. Anybody else feel lik

[Tracker-discuss] [issue563] activity date search does not return all issues with activity on that date

Ethan Furman added the comment: Argh. The activity date is a single field on the issue, isn't it? So the type of search I'm looking for would actually be on the messages, wouldn't it? ___ PSF Meta Tracker

[Tracker-discuss] [issue563] activity date search does not return all issues with activity on that date

Ethan Furman added the comment: Hmmm... okay, changing to an RFE. ;) -- priority: bug -> feature ___ PSF Meta Tracker ___ ___

[Tracker-discuss] [issue563] activity date search does not return all issues with activity on that date

R David Murray added the comment: Well, it *can* be searched on, its just that it is 'last activity date' because it is really there to be sorted on. ___ PSF Meta Tracker ___

[Tracker-discuss] [issue563] activity date search does not return all issues with activity on that date

Ethan Furman added the comment: That is one possible fix -- but if it is not to be searched on, why are we allowed to enter a date? ___ PSF Meta Tracker _

[Tracker-discuss] [issue563] activity date search does not return all issues with activity on that date

R David Murray added the comment: Well, the correct fix would be to change the search template so that the form says "last activity date". That field is really there to be sorted on, not searched on. -- nosy: +r.david.murray status: unread -> chatting _

[Tracker-discuss] [issue563] activity date search does not return all issues with activity on that date

New submission from Ethan Furman: Only issues with last activity on that date are returned; issues with activity on that date and more activity on subsequent dates are not returned. I'm happy to work on a patch if somebody could point me in the right direction (or towards the correct files).