Document that the default_conf must not use any other library.

ignore bugs which have null state.

webtools/tinderbox2/src/default_conf/BTData.pm

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # Tracking system and its relationship to the tinderbox trees.
 
 
-# $Revision: 1.3 $ 
-# $Date: 2001/02/16 20:02:21 $ 
+# $Revision: 1.4 $ 
+# $Date: 2001/02/27 15:24:34 $ 
 # $Author: kestes%tradinglinx.com $ 
 # $Source: /home/hwine/cvs_conversion/cvsroot/mozilla/webtools/tinderbox2/src/default_conf/BTData.pm,v $ 
 # $Name:  $ 
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
 
 package BTData;
 
+# This package must not use any tinderbox specific libraries.  It is
+# intended to be a base class.
+
+
 $VERSION = '#tinder_version#';
 
 
@@ -106,7 +110,8 @@ $STATUS_FIELD_NAME = 'Status';
 # All status values are converted to lower case for ease of
 # processing.  Each value of this table corresponds to a bug column in
 # the tinderbox status page. You may have as many bug columns as you
-# like.
+# like.  If you wish to indicate that certain states are possible but
+# should not be displayed then indicate the state with a null string.
 
 %STATUS_PROGRESS = (
 		    'ASSIGNED' => 'Progress',
@@ -267,6 +272,10 @@ sub get_all_progress_states {
 
   my (@progress_states) = main::uniq( values %BTData::STATUS_PROGRESS );
 
+  # If the first element is null ignore it.
+  ($progress_states[0]) ||
+    (shift @progress_states);
+
   return @progress_states;
 }