From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug tracking (was: new *Help* argument highlighting) Date: 11 Jun 2004 17:11:57 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20040512103042.FB57.JMBARRANQUERO@wke.es> <20040611122633.5F88.JMBARRANQUERO@wke.es> <20040611142101.GA13334@fencepost> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1086968342 28602 80.91.224.253 (11 Jun 2004 15:39:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:39:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 11 17:38:50 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BYo7F-0005TX-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:38:49 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BYo7F-0007AG-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:38:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BYo7z-00059d-3Z for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:39:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BYo7w-00059W-NK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:39:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BYo7v-00059E-5L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:39:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BYo7u-00059A-8n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:39:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BYo6s-0004Le-F0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:38:26 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 84813 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2004 15:11:44 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 11 Jun 2004 15:11:44 -0000 Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <20040611142101.GA13334@fencepost> Original-Lines: 34 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:24838 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:24838 Miles Bader writes: > On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 01:39:25PM +0200, Kim F. Storm wrote: > > I have very positive experience with bugzilla from other projects, but > > there may be other choices... > > Bugzilla and the savannah bug tracker stuff both seem to suffer from the > almost fatal flaw that they are almost entirely web-based. Filing a simple > bug report or managing bugs with either is a painful process, because you are > largely stuck with the slow manual process of filling in a web form. I have entered/updated 1000s of bugzilla trackers, and NEVER found it to be slow. Anything complicated (the description part) can be cut/pasted if necessary. > > I'd much prefer something based around email, only using the web where it > makes sense. To me using web interface for bug tracking makes a lot of sense... That doesn't mean that it has to be the only interface though. > > Andrew Suffield's `BugGoo' system, which Tom Lord has started using for tla > (replacing savannah's bug tracker), looks interesting. Andrew is a Debian > developer so I presume it is partially based on experience with Debian's > bug-tracking system (which is generally excellent, at least from a user's > point of view). http://bugs.gnuarch.org/ Looks ok on the surface -- but it seems like the only interface, e.g. to reassign a bug, is to send mail ... seems clumsy (unless of course there is a nice Elisp package to help you with the nitty gritty.) -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk