Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:29:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How about finally replacing GNATS? (was Re: FreeBSD problems and preliminary ways to solve) Message-ID: <1314473398.47547.YahooMailClassic@web113509.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgnbXVHjvL%2BNVCTSUjg25KOpg7amf4Xz_KHDStF1kwYYHQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi; --- On Sat, 8/27/11, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: ... I agree it's difficult to determine exactly which tool to use. > > With every tool change comes a workflow change and we need > to be able to deal with that. As a member of the bugbusting > team one of the most useful features for me has been the > ability to use shell scripts to change bug states. As a > port maintainer one of the most useful features has been > the ability to use send-pr from the command line > _without registration_. I do think port maintainers should have some form of ID in the bug reporting system. Casual users probably won't send a PR anyways but instead will contact the port maintainer first. ... (I snipped without mercy a lot of good stuff here) > > In order to achieve that goal I am working on two things: > a) A wiki page which we could use to describe the features > we want *in order of priority* and b) A Google form with > a list of features and related issues to act as a survey. > The former is quite empty at the moment. > The latter will be announced (hopefully) shortly > Surveys are good but you have to tie it to the specific alternatives, otherwise you will reach the already known answer that a perfect bug reporting system doesn't exist. Pedro.
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