From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:39:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:39:36 -0500 Received: from [81.2.122.30] ([81.2.122.30]:27145 "EHLO darkstar.example.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:39:35 -0500 From: John Bradford Message-Id: <200212192059.gBJKxFne002827@darkstar.example.net> Subject: Re: Dedicated kernel bug database To: eli.carter@inet.com (Eli Carter) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 20:59:15 +0000 (GMT) Cc: dank@kegel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3E022E56.30509@inet.com> from "Eli Carter" at Dec 19, 2002 02:38:46 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > And what about GNATS? What about the others on > http://www.a-a-p.org/tools_tracking.html ? A number of those address > the web-based concern. Do any of them answer your other concerns? If > there are, where do those fail that bugzilla, GNATS, etc. get it right? Why are you so against somebody sitting down and thinking, "OK, we need a bug tracking database designed for debugging the Linux kernel."? I don't understand why you think it's a bad idea to start over. If my code was rubbish, then it wouldn't get used, and I wasted my time. Nobody else suffers. > But I see that starting from scratch is just the way you work: > http://grabjohn.com/question.php?q=6 Well, since it's me that's offering to write the code, don't I get to decide how to write it? Besides, I'm not the only person who thinks it's a good idea to start over sometimes - Eric Raymond even addresses this point in The Cathedreal and the Bazaar. http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ar01s02.html > Well, have fun, good luck, and I do hope you come up with something > useful and maintainable. If not, I will admit you were right to the list :-). John.