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+1 for Github, but +1 for possibility of JIRA if under Atlassian's free-for-open-source program. Mark On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Corey A Harper <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I agree that Github seems like a great choice, particularly if DCMI is > already planning to use it for managing schema.org alignments & > perhaps other similar documentation. > > -Corey > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Jon Phipps <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> I'd like to reiterate my github suggestion and also suggest maintaining >> related documents there. Github is free, the issues tracking interface is >> simple, effective, and nicely tied to documents hosted at github. Github >> itself is an excellent centralized document repository for distributed >> version control. >> >> https://github.com/blog/831-issues-2-0-the-next-generation >> https://github.com/blog/699-making-github-more-open-git-backed-wikis >> >> Jon >> >> I check email just a couple of times daily; to reach me sooner, click here: >> http://awayfind.com/jonphipps >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Thomas Baker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 02:39:08PM +0100, Antoine Isaac wrote: >>> > That's quite many things, maybe some splitting would help. Btw wasn't >>> > there talks about an issue tracker? >>> >>> I agree. This is getting urgent. Can anyone out there help? >>> >>> There is a nice wiki page about issue tracking at W3C [1]. Tracker is >>> great, >>> but it is only available for use by W3C working groups [2]. The classic >>> Bugzilla is mentioned but characterized as "kind of a double-edged sword >>> in >>> that it provides very powerful tracking and query features for those who >>> are >>> willing to take the time to understand how it works, but it can be a bit >>> overwhelming and confusing for those who have not had opportunity to work >>> with >>> bug/issue tracking systems before or are not willing to take the time to >>> read >>> the documentation and understand how to use it" [3]. >>> >>> Also mentioned in [1] is RoundUp [4] -- a ten-year-old Python project, >>> used to >>> track Python and IETF projects, which I hear is easy to install and easier >>> to >>> use than Bugzilla. >>> >>> I see in my notes that someone once suggested Assembla [5] -- a >>> cloud-based >>> service to which DCMI would need to subscribe. >>> >>> If anyone here can testify to the usability (and easy-installability) of >>> RoundUp, I'd be inclined to go with a system that is included with the >>> rest of >>> the DCMI Web archive. >>> >>> Suggestions, please! >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> [1] http://www.w3.org/wiki/TrackingIssues >>> [2] http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/ >>> [3] http://www.bugzilla.org/ >>> [4] http://roundup.sourceforge.net/ >>> [5] http://www.assembla.com/ >>> >>> -- >>> Tom Baker <[log in to unmask]> >> >> > > > > -- > Corey A Harper > Metadata Services Librarian > New York University Libraries > 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor > New York, NY 10003-7112 > 212.998.2479 > [log in to unmask]