Any chance that a mailing list can be set up that recieves all the bug
reports and activity? It will be useful to keep everyone informed and I
can't imagine that there will be a torrent of emails flooding the list.
I'm happy for the stardev mailing list to be used [this is how perl
development works]. If stardev is used it should be possible to filter the
mail with bug ids.
Tim
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Giaretta, DL (David) wrote:
> It's not so hard to add bug reports:
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> http://dev.starlink.ac.uk/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2
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> [log in to unmask] changed:
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> What |Removed |Added
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> Status|NEW |RESOLVED
> Resolution| |INVALID
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> ------- Additional Comments From [log in to unmask] 2004-01-13 14:44 -------
> Ongoing. Really shouldn't be in the bug tracking system as lack of
> documentation is part of the normal development cycle and not a bug as such.
> Yes Dave, I will write some...
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> ------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
> You reported the bug, or are watching the reporter.
> You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
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> This was done just as a test to see how easy it is to report a bug -
> actually not too bad.
>
> Also, I guess that I do not expect astronomers to all just switch to using
> this. I expect that many/most will continue to email us. THEN we should put
> in the bug report ourselves and CC: the originator of the report. At least
> they will see some action and be able to track developments, and we will
> have good visibility of bugs. Bug reports should not just be lost.
>
> ...David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Starlink development [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Alasdair Allan
> Sent: 13 January 2004 14:06
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Bugzilla ???
>
> > > So, I think we need some sort of bug tracking system, but I think
> > > bugzilla is way too complex for our needs.
> >
> > My recollection is that Tim Naylor recommended that we and AstroGrid use
> > the same bug tracking system. AstroGrid officially uses Bugzilla - hence
> > we are doing so also.
>
> Yes, that was in the report.
>
> > Al's point about not having a single maintainer is good. I think that we
> > need to use some moderately standard bug tracking system - in the same
> > way we chose GPL rather than any other licensing system. It just gives
> > outsiders a good feeling.
>
> Yes, except that...
>
> > Unless Bugzilla causes lots of problems I would rather like to give it a
> > try.
>
> Bugzilla is a horrible bit of bloatware, unless you can figure out how to
> use a bug tracking system just by looking at it, most people won't bother.
> I think it'll make most astronomers throw up their hands in horror.
>
> Al.
>
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Tim Jenness
JAC software
http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/~timj
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