Resources are only instantiated using the WADL predicted type, not the actual found type

James, as far as I can see, it does expose those attributes:
https://edge.launchpad.net/+apidoc/#distribution_source_package

Is that enough?

I think James means first https://edge.launchpad.net/+apidoc/#bug_task API, it has 'bug_target_name' and 'target'.

The latter points to a https://edge.launchpad.net/+apidoc/#bug_target which is pretty much a end-of-line object atm, since you can only call 'searchTasks' (which, at most, can send you to the point you were at the beginning).

Let me know if I'm mistaken, but it doesn't seem to be a problem in Soyuz/DistributionSourcePackage, but instead in Malone/BugTarget, which lacks a link to the actual 'target' (Distribution, DistroSeries, DistributionSourcePackage, Product, etc).

Right, I had the same thoughts when I read the description but then the bug title is pretty unequivocal.

If James does mean the bug objects, then this should be re-targeted on Malone.

Hi,

Apologies if I misfiled this. Allow me to be more precise in what I am seeing:

In [5]: bug = lp.load("https://api.edge.launchpad.net/beta/bugs/bugtrackers/debbugs/505113")

In [6]: task = bug.bug_tasks[0]

In [7]: task.bug_target_name
Out[7]: u'rescue (Ubuntu)'

In [8]: task.target
Out[8]: <distribution_source_package at https://api.edge.launchpad.net/beta/ubuntu/+source/rescue>

In [9]: type(task.target)
Out[9]: <class 'launchpadlib.resource.Entry'>

In [10]: task.target.self_link
Out[10]: u'https://api.edge.launchpad.net/beta/ubuntu/+source/rescue'

In [11]: task.target.resource_type_link
Out[11]: u'https://api.edge.launchpad.net/beta/#distribution_source_package'

In [12]: task.target.distribution

so it claims to be "distribution_source_package", but doesn't have the interesting
properties of that object, though I just noticed it does have "bug_reporting_guidelines".

It's not clear to me which part of launchpad is at fault, so please re-assign as
you see fit.

Thanks,

James

Right, that's a bug_target pretending to be a distribution_source_package. Try this workaround:

{{{
>>> dsp = lp.load(task.target.self_link)
>>> dsp.distribution
<distribution at https://api.edge.launchpad.net/beta/ubuntu>
>>> dsp.name
u'rescue'
>>> dsp.display_name
u'rescue in ubuntu'
}}}

That's a bug in the way bug_target are created/exposed, IMO. Let's check what the malone guys have to say.

On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 00:31 +0000, Celso Providelo wrote:
> Right, that's a bug_target pretending to be a
> distribution_source_package. Try this workaround:
>
> {{{
> >>> dsp = lp.load(task.target.self_link)

Thanks Celso, nice trick.

James

Is this not actually a launchpadlib bug?

Right, I've not thought about this obvious possibility ;)

I think we can consider this a launchpadlib bug. The WADL file describes the document type at the other end of task_target. It's accurate, but in this case there's a more detailed description of that document available. The link to this other, more detailed description is in the document's resource_type_link.

So launchpadlib should use a document's actual resource_type_link in preference to any resource_type it obtained earlier from another source. The document's resource_type_link, if present, will never be less accurate than the other source.

I think I fixed this in the attached branch, and filed a merge proposal at https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~thekorn/launchpadlib/fix-340935-bug_target/+merge/4452

After talking to Leonard I reconsidered my fix. I now think this bug should be fixed in wadllib

Fixed in the attached branch of wadllib and filed a merge request at https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~thekorn/wadllib/fix-340935-use-actual-type/+merge/4484