From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from vsmtp.wi.securepipe.com (vsmtp.wi.securepipe.com [64.73.37.228]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id F2F1015960 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:24:46 -0600 (CST) Received: (qmail 27919 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2001 15:17:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO agamemnon) (64.73.37.245) by 0 with SMTP; 28 Nov 2001 15:17:20 -0000 Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:37:27 -0600 From: Jon Nelson To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Cc: chadh@gentoo.org, thread@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposed Issuetracker via PEST Message-Id: <20011128093727.5516ba2e.jnelson@jamponi.net> In-Reply-To: <20011128095600.A16054@atelier.offthehill.net> References: <1006817973.23206.0.camel@inspiron.theleaf.office> <0GNG00DA5ULHBX@mxout1.netvision.net.il> <20011127112204.B13783@atelier.offthehill.net> <20011128162158.7cddced8.karltk@prosalg.no> <20011128095600.A16054@atelier.offthehill.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.6.5 (GTK+ 1.2.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 71532846-651e-45df-b548-8468c4bf5730 X-Archives-Hash: 473e45d1bd095256067376f9a701f40f On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:56:00 -0500 Joshua Pollak wrote: .. > 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 > - Has advanced features so project members should be able to do what > they need. > - Written in PHP so its easy to modify > - Under active development and seems to have a decent sized community, > so its probably not going to go anywhere. I would like to mention Roundup (written in Python, very perty, and very easy to use and setup -- took me 15 minutes and doesn't depend on anything other than mail and python.) Also, I'd like to mention debbugs -- The Debian Bugtracking system. Written in Perl, it has handled over 100k bugs for Debian easily, and is in use in quite a few other projects, incl. FreeRADIUS and others. Also very easy to setup -- took me about 25 minutes and I didn't know what I was doing. Email based but has nice web interface. Also quite easy to use. Check out bugs.debian.org. Given my past experiences with gnats, rt, debbugs, and bugzilla, I'd say bugzilla is *way* too complex for people to use effectively, and has perhaps the most horrid interface I've ever experienced. debbugs was the easiest, and the little bit that I've used roundup makes me feel fairly comfortable in recommending it. In summary, usability is far and away the most important thing in a bug tracking/issue tracking system, and a objective analysis is probably in order. Just my two cents. -- Jon Nelson jnelson@jamponi.net C and Python Programmer Motorcycle Enthusiast