here's a nice view of an improved interface, showing a summary of activity on the INFRA project; it would take a fair a bit of work to extract the same information from BZ
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Glenn Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > I notice some additional information at > http://wiki.apache.org/general/ApacheJira, which includes: > > "Many ASF projects are currently using JIRA, and other projects are > encouraged to migrate" > > see also the response to > > *Q: Why would people prefer JIRA?* > > one feature I see listed there is: > > > Interaction via email: reply to a change notification email, and your reply > will appear as a comment in the issue. > > that would certainly be useful, as one now has to remember *not* to > respond to a BZ notification directly > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Glenn Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 2:17 AM, mehdi houshmand <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Glenn, >>> >>> Apart from the linking between bugs and svn commits, what do we gain? >>> Migrating to JIRA is presumably non-trivial[1], so is it really worth it? >>> >> >> I did suggest this after using JIRA with PDFBox because it's nicer to use >>> and faster, but I'm not sure those reasons mitigate the cost of >>> migration. >>> But then, I didn't spend much time looking into the capabilities that >>> JIRA >>> offers. >>> >> >> the main reason I wish to convert is because bugzilla is little used and >> little maintained in ASF at this point from what i can tell; most projects >> are using JIRA and few continue to use BZ; i just noticed that BCEL has >> recently requested @Infra to perform the conversion to JIRA [1] (though >> there appear to be a few bumps in that path) >> >> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-4298 >> >> given Clay's efforts to modernizer our site doc infrastructure, it seems >> appropriate to look at other tool upgrades as well; >> >> as for cost, the main work will be on @Infra to perform the conversion, >> and for us as users to make the mental change; i haven't personally used >> JIRA much, but it seems a more modern, feature-full interface as well as >> having better svn integration features; >> >> >>> >>> Mehdi >>> >>> [1] http://wiki.apache.org/general/ApacheBugzillaToJiraMigration >>> >>> >>> On 14 April 2012 15:45, Glenn Adams <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Fop and XMLGraphicsCommons appear to be two of the few Apache products >>> > still using Bugzilla instead of JIRA. I propose we migrate to JIRA. Any >>> > objection? >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > Glenn >>> > >>> >> >> >
