[arachne] Re: Bugtracker for Arachne

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I think it would be a very good idea
Regards
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:25:17 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

> Hi all!

> What about adding an automated bugtracker to the Arachne project? Except
> for one-man projects, nearly every Open Source project seems to have
> one. I think this would be a good thing for Arachne, too.

> Reporting bugs in Arachne has become increasingly difficult because of
> different developers working on different cores, so knowing whom to
> contact is important. Also, there is the human component involved; if
> the person the bug report is sent to is absent or busy or in a bad mood,
> the bug report is often ignored, or the request to fix it is turned
> down. Bug reports that are sent to the Arachne mailing list very often
> just sit there without anyone of the development team noticing them, and
> even those that make it into the Arachne 2DoList tend to sink into
> oblivion. Besides, IMO the 2DoList is suited better for feature requests
> than for bug reports.

> An automated bugtracker script running on a designated web site could
> solve all of these problems. People could look for open bugs already
> listed before submitting their own reports, avoiding redundant entries,
> and developers could frequently scan the database for open bugs that
> need their attention.

> Of course such a script would have to be compatible with Arachne, but I
> think this is true for most of the scripts I have seen.

> Regards,

> Udo

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