From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 27 18:08:33 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3B74106566C for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:08:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from giffunip@tutopia.com) Received: from nm16-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm16-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com [98.139.91.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ADFCA8FC0C for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:08:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.91.64] by nm16.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Aug 2011 18:08:33 -0000 Received: from [98.139.91.32] by tm4.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Aug 2011 18:08:33 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1032.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Aug 2011 18:08:33 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 175726.24219.bm@omp1032.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 96456 invoked by uid 60001); 27 Aug 2011 18:08:32 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1314468512; bh=0Z0sCPHVGVDH4B686cIHcKF2fkYdyCdNnVhUUpoffW8=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-RocketYMMF:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=NjY/VOt76cnAIinLfFVbm5ahgyOp9DHAoCDXSbIfc70ruOpAuIpBpRW2JNvLWnkXPEeS8LApv0ggpoAyUsmvsJ+fkx8mow4nAj7TPmjMAV6ZntVVVz5KyzbGxcUeaXAgx7Z1za1XkysrVgoEg4zhcLmrIJH7WhQGFCRL+08wD1s= X-YMail-OSG: HlNkIPcVM1m6tYGV.bBL2os5IN5Gpib__gXeua2oO0UabbZ ZeBKa0sBdFiKaE1ZiAfagmgsn.YwB9B4lE8Bijnv_BLZ65BV4Exa3Brj7NJ0 7yYMGNQrnFzcDS7s09WFCa9EFvjLtbUEHFgjaRWKKAfyPufUEyanhKSDs3AZ 0wsK1qSqBl6G1yEtq_polDF7jnRbVgwjXKUzBgP_.Pgf7SMlXKj2Uv8pI3u8 PcU2UuZ59FCtJTlcAkUbE.JbZ8gLyNoMfK9tl25FIAJsqlT5DOJAPjM_RbN6 PxoMbwfWJR160C4d2Oo3c1yguc2K8BEoHho2LMOVhwSo8H5F3FqLhBWEztJW Z6uBzQDesfZuvuy9aLkgZcbVo3IErqxSv8xZC0MHAUZOO_DVkFRFNbVJRk_v ZW1ef4BraVWKeN4T61rFP7K0SFIDiOdmyx6D0Kusqup7OTm5dXGtjarnvxa_ Ups.yZnpkIodJyp3T.mr4yy9YgvT_jOdA7Iq6psACifzUw1naRe9XneVHD48 IyWvRaVqdJBbVK1x6 Received: from [200.118.157.7] by web113511.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:08:32 PDT X-RocketYMMF: giffunip X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/14.0.5 YahooMailWebService/0.8.113.315625 Message-ID: <1314468512.87152.YahooMailClassic@web113511.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:08:32 -0700 (PDT) From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <175270279.98941.1313793515391.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: How about finally replacing GNATS? (was Re: FreeBSD problems and preliminary ways to solve) X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: giffunip@tutopia.com List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:08:33 -0000 Hmm... I will admit quite frankly that the difference is not huge, and perhaps that's the reason why it hasn't been done before, but our bug reporting system is quite outdated. It works for most needs but I think the only reason we are stuck with it is because we can still file bugs from a console. I know this is not the first time someone brings the subject, we even have a Wiki page about it: http://wiki.freebsd.org/Bugzilla I do find Bugzilla a lot more useful than GNATS: I particularly like that it is possible to obsolete attachments. Requiring an id serves to control the spam a bit and develops some level of compromise with the project. In other projects (notably the Apache Foundation) JIRA is also gaining popularity. These newer bug tracking systems are very versatile and integrate with SVN. While here, some people have requested opengrok in the past. Just something to think, but delaying these changes too much rarely proves beneficial for the Project. Pedro.