The update system already has a list of bug IDs that are fixed by an update. Could it use XML-RPC to automatically create a comment in all linked bugs when an update is pushed? (either for testing or for final). It could give details of the package and where to find it, and request testing etc. Additionally, could it automatically close the linked bugs when a final update is pushed? (could be more I'm not sure exactly what the interraction model should be in the tools, but there are plenty of possibilities here.
Implemented. If you can think of a better default comment, feel free to let me know.
Didn't seem to work for me for this update: https://porkchop.devel.redhat.com/fedora-updates/show.py?pkg=libgal2-2.4.3-1.fc4&update=Final Bug #160832 didn't get an automatic comment when the update was pushed and the email sent.
Forgot to `cvs update` on porkchop to get the code to do this. Should be fixed.