[bugzilla xmlrpc] [feature/bug] how to handle perceval bugzilla-xmlrpc authentification and client

[MalloZup]

how to reproduce:

( this issue was modified)

Basically we need a backend to access bugzilla xmlrpc api.

[sduenas]

I haven't check it but for Bugzilla >= 4 we recommend to use buzillarest instead of bugzilla backend. That backend supports authentication too. In any case, I'll check this error but I'm afraid the authentication method was changed for > 3 versions.

[MalloZup]

@sduenas so i just discovered that the bugzilla in quesiton use

mybugzilla/xmlrpc.cgi.

And i don't see any xmlrpc client/backend in perceval.

Imho we have 2 solutions:

1. implement xmlrpc backend for perceval
2. use some existing backend and prepare needed data from there on to be passed to kibiter etc.

For that i think i need to know which data and the format should look like, is there any doc about this?

what do you think in general?

found some doc https://grimoirelab.gitbooks.io/tutorial/internals/perceval-backends.html

[sduenas]

I don't think we're going to implement this in the short/mid-term. I'm closing this ticket.