On Saturday 30 May 2009 16:11:42 Daniel Cheng wrote: > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Florent Daigni?re > <nextgens at freenetproject.org> wrote: > > * Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> [2009-05-30 11:55:17]: > [....] > >> - Database-backed PHP for MANTIS. I don't think we should get rid of > >> MANTIS. > > > > I do think we should; three main reasons: > > ? ? ? ?- mantis is just not adapted to our usage anymore (We don't have > > ? ? ? ? ?one single tree anymore) > > ? ? ? ?- most reported bugs don't apply > > ? ? ? ?- It's really a high-maintenance cost application... > > ? ? ? ? ?Administrating mantis, patching it, keeping it up to date is a > > PITA > > > > What about using github's issue tracking thingy instead? > > > > GitHub's issue tracking thingy don't even handle dependency of bugs, > no real categories (just tags), no milestone thing, no release > management... --- this is even worse then what MANTIS has. > > Most of the github users use LightHouse (http://lighthouseapp.com/), > but I have not used it either... > > Anybody have experience with hosted bug trackers?
Isn't there a lock-in problem? The business model being much the same as Microsoft, they own your data, even if you can download it it's in a nonstandard format and can't be taken elsewhere if they suck? So it would be better to get free (or paid) hosting for a standard open source bug tracker, such as MANTIS or Trac? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 835 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20090530/e84106bd/attachment.pgp>
