Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposed Issuetracker via PEST

[Mikael Hallendal <micke@hallendal.net>]

ons 2001-11-28 klockan 15.56 skrev Joshua Pollak:
> Ok,
> 
> First off, I agree calling it issuetracker is a better idea than
> bugtracker, because of the desire to handle ebuilds/feature
> requests/etc. Also, I definately agree, an easy to use interface is very
> important. That's mainly why I don't like bugzilla very much.
> 
> I think PEST would be the best system to use, I just came across it
> yesterday when searching for bug tracking software. The reasons I
> think its a good option are:
> 
> - Good looking, simple interface, should be easy to use

In what way is it easier to use than bugzilla? I thought the interface
(at least the one in the demo) to be quite ugly and non-intuitive.

> So if Thread and chadh would like to contact me about letting me set
> something up, that would be cool. If anyone has any
> suggestions/comments, let me know. I think I will start in the mean time
> by setting up a test installation on my own server to see how hard it is
> to install and see what the issues are.

 
 -Josh
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 04:21:58PM +0100, Karl Trygve Kalleberg wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:22:04 -0500
> > Joshua Pollak <pardsbane@offthehill.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Something along the lines of Bugzilla/SF's features/phpBugTracker, etc,
> > > should be fine, right? I could set it up on my own server, or I can set
> > > it up somewhere else. If the project is willing to accept the work, once
> > > done, I'll get started right away.
> > 
> > See if you can't get in contact with chadh on how to set it up on
> > cvs.gentoo.org (which perhaps should get a new alias: bugs.gentoo.org ?).
> > 
> > We should have at least two modes for the bugtracker: end-user and
> > developer. The full-blown bugzilla interface is a bit intimidating for
> > first-time end-users, so they should by default get an easy-to-use
> > interface.
> > 
> > The regular developers should get the full-blown interface, I guess.
> > 
> > The main thing about the bugtracker is that we should _USE_ it. So we'll
> > just have to keep tweaking it until everybody uses it for adding ebuilds,
> > bug reports, wishes, etc.
> > 
> > In fact, we should perhaps rename it from "bugtracker" to "issuetracker",
> > since we want to have it handle more than just bugs: we want all new
> > ebuilds to be submitted through it, so that it can help us not forget half
> > of the ebuilds that get submitted.
> > 
> > Karl T
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