Re: Dedicated kernel bug database

Eli Carter (eli.carter@inet.com)
Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:38:46 -0600


John Bradford wrote:
>>Ok, have you looked at other bug tracking programs? Can you find
>>something you can build on? Take a look at this list of issue tracking
>>software:
>>http://www.a-a-p.org/tools_tracking.html
>>It has a lot of possibilities... different combinations of features and
>>implementation languages.
>>
>>Could you perhaps expound a bit on your statement "there is nothing
>>about [bugzilla] that I think [is] right at the moment"?
>
>
> * It uses Javascript in the search forms
> * The search forms are not intuitive to use
> * It's difficult to check that you're not reporting a duplicate bug
> * It's almost all only web-based
> * There is no way that you can track different versions to the extent
> we need to.
>
> The last point is the one that I think is most important.
[snip explanation of version issue]

And what about GNATS? What about the others on
http://www.a-a-p.org/tools_tracking.html ? A number of those address
the web-based concern. Do any of them answer your other concerns? If
there are, where do those fail that bugzilla, GNATS, etc. get it right?

But I see that starting from scratch is just the way you work:
http://grabjohn.com/question.php?q=6

Well, have fun, good luck, and I do hope you come up with something
useful and maintainable.

Eli
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