Robert Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Avdi Grimm wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Eric Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Also, should we start tracking bug reports somewhere (worg), so that >>> they can be claimed, tested against, and repaired? >> >> Not a bad idea. Normally I'd recommend just going with an established >> bug tracker like Trac or Lighthouse, but since Org is so great for >> managing tasks it seems only right that the developers should "eat >> their own dogfood" by using Org to track tickets :-) >> > > Actually, I'm not sure I necessarily agree with the notion of using Org > to track tickets. The reason is not that org mightn't be up to the job, > but that the use of org with git won't be up to it. systems like trac > and bugzilla are set up to allow outsiders to post bugs, but if we use > git, then we're really raising the bar for bug submission. Instead of > filling out a form, a bug reporter would now have to figure out how to > use git, pull the org file, modify it, and then either push it (which > would require someone to authorize him or her) or submit it to someone > else who would push it. That seems inappropriate to me --- when you're > developing software a good bug report is very valuable, and one > shouldn't turn them away. > > Unless someone can figure out an easier way for people to submit bugs > with what worg has now, I'm inclined to say that trac or bugzilla would > be better. >
Yes, you're correct the current method of contributing to worg is definitely too high of a bar for bug reports, or feature requests. That said once they were submitted, worg would be a good mechanism for tracking reported bugs/features, and for publishing lists of said reports on the web. Worg/org has the added advantage that it is already familiar to the entire org community. As you mention, the question seem to be: can we implement a simple interface for reporting bugs/feature-recs which will? 1) work well with worg as it's currently used, and 2) which won't constantly be begging for enhancements until we're re-implementing a full bug tracking system from scratch I don't think this would be too difficult, say... a simple web form, which could be embedded into one of the worg pages, and could drop bug/feature-recs into an org-mode file under git. Would anyone be up to trying to throw such a thing together? If only I had some more time... Thanks -- Eric _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode