On Dec 19, 2007 9:05 AM, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 10:50:40AM -0600, James Bottomley wrote: > > So, to get the best of both worlds, file a bugzilla and note the bugid. > > Then email a complete report to the relevant list, but add [BUG <bugid>] > > to the subject line and cc bugme-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you do > > this, bugzilla will keep track of the entire discussion as it progresses > > and allow those who track bugs through bugzilla to get a pretty accurate > > idea of the status. You should never need to touch bugzilla again once > > the initial bug report is filed: all future information flow is via the > > mailing lists. > > The problem is that it appears to the casual observer as if they can > then add information to the bug through the web interface. But that > information will never be forwarded to the mailing list. Unless there's > a way of marking bugs as 'unchangable through the web interface' or 'all > messages appended to this bug need to be forwarded', Bugzilla just > doesn't fit our needs. > > The Debian BTS fits our way of working much better. Perhaps somebody > should investigate a migration. This is excellent observation by Matthew and James. There is no magic in bugzilla not being loved, it is just "not the right set of features for effective work on a problem". It doesn't support multiple developer' collaboration well. This distaste is not universal, since some people don't have a problem with bugzilla as is, maybe those who tend to work on problems "alone"... But making it to be a workable tool for everyone is definitely worth it. Any other favorite bugzillas that are nice to work with and that have the advantage above? > > -- > Intel are signing my paycheques ... these opinions are still mine > "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this > operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such > a retrograde step." > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
