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 52730159A7 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:22:28 -0600 (CST) Received: (qmail 10995 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2001 18:15:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO agamemnon) (64.73.37.245) by 0 with SMTP; 28 Nov 2001 18:15:02 -0000 Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:35:09 -0600 From: Jon Nelson To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Proposed Issuetracker via PEST Message-Id: <20011128123509.65c8252b.jnelson@jamponi.net> In-Reply-To: References: <1006817973.23206.0.camel@inspiron.theleaf.office> <1006963000.697.12.camel@fry> <87snay4y88.fsf@columbus.localdomain> 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: 5b267da4-7235-4835-bd8e-4cb7596bef16 X-Archives-Hash: 13e6a3034726e5b058a5cd0643ce9fb9 On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:56:50 -0500 Joshua Pollak wrote: > > How will users select a package in the Bug Tracking System if there > > are hundreds or even thousands of packages? Do they have to scroll > > through endless lists? > > Well, I would break it down so you choose category, then package. That should > make it short enough to search by. > > > The Debian BTS uses electronic mail. And there are at least two > > programs, e.g. reportbug, which is written in Python, that end-users > > can use to send bug reports. .. > Anyway, I suppose Debbugs isn't a bad option, but I am really, really, really > repulsed by its web interface. I agree the web interface isn't always the > best one for entering bugs, but I think a clean web interface is the easiest > way to update bug status and keep track of what bugs should be worked on and > where they are in progress. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to like how debbugs works but you don't like the web interface. It would seem to me that the web interface to a system as fairly simple as debbugs would be easy enough to alter if you didn't like it. However, you still didn't mention whether or not you've looked at http://bugs.debian.org -- personally, I find the interface *easier* to use than any other. Below is an taken from that page on various ways to access bug reports. It doesn't look too hard to me. http://bugs.debian.org/number http://bugs.debian.org/package http://bugs.debian.org/src:sourcepackage http://bugs.debian.org/maintainer@email.address http://bugs.debian.org/from:submitter@email.address I haven't used roundup for more than "I got it working", but it appears to be OK, and a much simpler code base than debbugs. However, I'll admit that almost all of my work with debbugs has been via email, and I find it quite useable in that manner. I really *must* set up roundup and play with it some more. Oh, and Python does, of course, have GTK bindings. I use them every day at my work. -- Jon Nelson jnelson@jamponi.net C and Python Programmer Motorcycle Enthusiast