Generate BUGS file from Red Hat Bugzilla database.

Add a script which generates the 'BUGS' file from Red Hat Bugzilla.
This is run whenever we do 'make dist' and deliberately stored in git.

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+#!/bin/bash -
+# update-bugs
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+# In 'make dist' this is used to update the top level 'BUGS' file with
+# the current bug list from Red Hat Bugzilla (bugzilla.redhat.com).
+
+# First of all fetch the bugs from the database.  This might fail,
+# eg. if there is no net access or no 'bugzilla' program, but if that
+# happens just exit and leave the BUGS file alone.
+
+bugzilla query -c libguestfs --outputformat='%{bug_id} %{bug_status} %{short_desc}' > .bugs.tmp || exit 0
+
+# Any errors from now on are fatal.
+set -e
+
+# Print prologue.
+echo 'NOTE: This file is automatically generated from build-aux/update-bugs.'
+echo -n 'Last updated: ' ; date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
+echo '
+This contains a local list of the bugs that are open against
+libguestfs.  Bugs are tracked in the Red Hat Bugzilla database
+at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ and to report a new bug you
+should follow this link:
+
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
+
+When reporting a new bug, please check:
+
+ - That the bug has not been reported already.
+ - That you are testing a recent version.
+ - Describe the bug accurately, and give a way to reproduce it.
+ - Include the version of libguestfs, distro version and any other
+   relevant information.
+ - Attach the complete output of "libguestfs-test-tool".
+'
+
+lastclass=X
+while read bugno status summary; do
+    # Ignore CLOSED bugs in this list.
+    if [ "$status" = "CLOSED" ]; then continue; fi
+
+    # Treat ASSIGNED the same as NEW.
+    # Treat MODIFIED, POST and ON_QA as the same.
+    case "$status" in
+        ASSIGNED) bugclass=NEW ;;
+        POST|ON_QA) bugclass=MODIFIED ;;
+        *) bugclass=$status ;;
+    esac
+
+    # 'bugzilla' command returns the bugs sorted by status, NEW, ASSIGNED,
+    # MODIFIED, ..., CLOSED.  Therefore start a new section when the
+    # status field changes.
+    if [ "$bugclass" != "$lastclass" ]; then
+        echo '--------------------------------------------------'
+        case "$bugclass" in
+            NEW)
+                echo 'Bugs in NEW or ASSIGNED state are open and waiting for someone to fix.' ;;
+            NEEDINFO)
+                echo 'Bugs in NEEDINFO state require additional information.' ;;
+            MODIFIED)
+                echo 'Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.'
+                echo 'You can help by testing the fixes.'
+                ;;
+            *)
+                echo "These bugs are in the $status state." ;;
+        esac
+        echo
+    fi
+    lastclass=$bugclass
+
+    # Display the bug.
+    echo "$bugno $status https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=$bugno"
+    echo "  $summary"
+    echo
+done < .bugs.tmp
+
+echo "End of BUGS file."
+
+# Clean up temporary file.
+rm .bugs.tmp