On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Gerald Combs wrote:
> Gilbert Ramirez wrote:
> > I'm starting to think we need a bug management system. Buildbot could
> > automatically open cases. It would be easier to manage the bugs this
> > way.
>
> A bug management system would also be useful for tracking patches (and
> general bug management, of course).
>
> After looking at a few products, I've managed to install Bugzilla and
> Roundup at http://bugs.ethereal.com/ . I chose them because Bugzilla
> seems to have the most momentum behind it, and Roundup looks like it
> would be easy to customize. Everyone is encouraged to try them out.
>
> Neither product has been customized to any degree. I'll play around
> with each in the next few days, time permitting.
Oke, here's $0.02 worth comments:
Trac: it's a SCM system, so intended for much more than bug tracking.
You'll have to integrate wiki.ethereal.com into it, and maybe (dare I
say it) start using more SCM principles.
So, do we need that? This dev list seems to be doing fine, so no.
Roundup: Simple, straightforward. To customize you'll have to like the
Python though and what about this server besides Apache? Hmm, not my
favorite.
Bugzilla: tried and tested? known? These may be the advantages over the
other packages. But you'll have to like Perl/MySQL/Apache. This would be
my choice.
Take care,
Jaap
