Re: Bug tracking system

[Paul Larson <plars@linuxtestproject.org>]

Anthony Liguori wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 15:49, Ian Pratt wrote:
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>>We discussed this a bit at the summit. We have 'trac' set up and ready
>>to go, but we weren't planning on announcing it until we fork off
>>3.0-testing around the end of May/ beginning of June. If there was
>>strong demand, we'd obviously revist this, but my impression is that the
>>mailing lists are working effectively and bugs generally get fixed
>>pretty quickly. (Last week and this have been a bit tough because of the
>>summit and now Usenix TC)
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>I personally think we need something for the interim.  I'm not sure
>whether we need a full bug database but we at least need something to
>keep a list of current issues. (Perhaps a page on the wiki?)
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>Regards,
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Wikis are nice and simple but have a few obvious problems:
1. It can quickly become cumbersome for more than a handful of bugs
2. doesn't encourage details to be submitted along with the bug report
(you're likely to get a lot of one-liner's that only the submitter
understands how to reproduce)
3. remember that if it's not the final solution, it'll have to be
transferred to the new one

What is appealing about Trac that made you want to use it?  Is there
something you like about trac in particular, or hate about bugzilla?
I've noticed that a lot of people tend to customize bugzilla, so I know
that a lot of gripes can be overcome.  If it's really a concern, then it
might be better to go with bugzilla from the start rather than trying to
transfer everything later.  Personally I don't have a preference as long
as there's some system available to keep things from falling through the
cracks.

Thanks,
Paul Larson