Re: Planned changes for bugzilla.kernel.org to reduce the "Bugzilla blues"

Artem S. Tashkinov
2022-10-06T10:46:44Z

On 10/3/22 14:22, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 09:16:06AM +0000, Artem S. Tashkinov wrote:
>> The initial conversation started with the fact that Bugzilla is old,
>> semi-deprecated, requires MySQL [no idea what's bad about it, Bugzilla
>> can work with MariaDB and Percona as well]
>
> It can't, actually. It only works with MySQL 5.7 or an equally ancient MariaDB.
> No, there is no official fix (because nobody is working on bugzilla).
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1592129
>

(I wanted to send this message two days ago but my email account was
suspended at the time - I'm still sending it though it feels like it's
no longer relevant).

Speaking of Bugzilla Harmony:

* KDE already uses it:
https://invent.kde.org/websites/bugs-kde-org/-/merge_requests/1
* Mozilla has been using it for quite time already
* It has a docker container/image, so it's a breeze to install

I've dealt with a dozen other bug trackers and to me Bugzilla remains
the most powerful and featureful, while not being too complicated to set
up and use.

Lastly I've had a crazy idea for a second of maybe migrating the kernel
bugzilla over to RedHat/IBM (by asking them whether they are willing to
help) but on a second thought it's really really bad as the company is
very large and there's a ton of bureaucracy, so managing it would become
quite a hassle. Also, I wouldn't want the LF to hand control over it to
RedHat.

Best regards,
Artem