Re: RFC: Linux Bug Tracking & Feature Tracking DB

[David Ford <david+cert@blue-labs.org>]

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>The advantage email has over this are too numerous to list,
>but they start with the fact that lots of kernel developers are
>lazy[*]. 2-3 keypresses to archive a patch for looking at later/merging
>are about the level of involvement thats aimed for.
>Having to start a browser, go to the bugzilla site, log in, search/browse
>for bugs etc.. way too involved.
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>Dave.
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>[*] In the sense that if life can be made easier, it should be.
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That's a bit of apples and oranges ;)

Starting a browser is equivalent to starting a mail client.  In some 
instances it's the same program.

Hitting 2-3 keypresses to archive an email...how do you manage that 
archive v.s. it being managed for you w/ bugzilla?

Logging into bugzilla can be automatic, searching for a bug across the 
archive is in my opinion much more easily done w/ a relational database 
than grepping several mbox files that collect hundreds of messages a 
day.  Not to mention that comments on each bug are localized to -that- 
bug.  All said and done there are a lot of pros and cons from the newbie 
v.s. the 'Linus' perspective.  I think there is at least one or two 
irate persons per week here that have been fighting to find a solution 
to their problem and someone finally speaks up "oh yeah, do this".

It really would be nice to have a reference database -somewhere- where 
we could find answers or even just suggestions about the myriad of 
problems related to the kernel and what the kernel touches.

David

[*] RDBMSs do make my life much easier