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Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:38:46 -0600
From: Eli Carter <eli.carter@inet.com>
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To: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
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Subject: Re: Dedicated kernel bug database
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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
--------------------. "If it ain't broke now,
Eli Carter           \                  it will be soon." -- crypto-gram
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