[haiku-web] Re: The state of Trac (was: Re: Website Maintainer)

Hi Charlie,

Charlie Clark wrote:


Am 12.11.2007 um 15:07 schrieb Niels Reedijk:


We made a switch once from Bugzilla to Trac. What is the added value
of switching again? I'm curious about what exactly doesn't work for
whom, and why should we care. Trac seems clean and effective, and
moreover it works for me, so why should we switch?
Trac isn't clean: it has a really awful data model. I spent quite a lot of time customising it for yellowTAB adding some of this stuff. We don't need the wiki part and we currently don't use the svn integration and integration with other systems isn't very easy. Because of the borked data model we currently implement product hierarchies using a javascript hack which I personally find unpalatable. However, if you're happy to pick up the maintenance then please go ahead. I have just been thinking out loud in case I really am the bug tracker maintenance.
As far as the migration goes: I'm no fan of moving to new systems just because they're new and cool but I personally feel that a sound data model is important (Trac's is bad but Bugzilla's is much worse).
I remember how the move to Trac was pushed a bit forcefully (if I may use the word to make a point). Several of the admins/devs were not very convinced that it was necessary to migrate, but it happened anyway thanks to the "enthusiasm" of one individual.
Now it turns out that the feature that is triggering a move to leave Trac behind is one that the system that Trac replaced (Bugzilla) did have. Ironies aside, I just think that you need a stronger justification to put the project through another bug system migration, with all the impact that this can have on the users. 

Cheers,

Koki

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