On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 00:07 -0700, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="Ross Golder"> > > > Does RT do all this? Can Bugzilla do this? I know Mantis can, but am I > > overlooking some other requirements? > > RT is generally used for managing short term, fast turnaround tasks, such as > support requests and the like. It is not ideally suited to long term project > tracking. Bugzilla is better suited to that (but then, I've yet to see a bug > tracking system that is usefully suited toward project tracking). > > I'd suggest sticking to RT for task tracking, and the wiki for project > documentation and tracking.
I also have used Mantis and concur it would get the job done. Mantis has the advantage of keeping this stuff out of the existing Bugzilla install that is used by the community. It would be a walled garden keeping us admins from running amok in the community's world. Bugzilla, obviously, is already installed and in use. Discretion being the better part of valor, I leave it to more seasoned folks than myself to hash that question out. The problem I see with using solely the wiki is that the wiki has no real sense of status for action items. How do we close projects, or project milestones? How do we track who is working on what and where they are in their work? Who, what, where, when, HUH?! :) I think the best idea is to use the wiki for project announcements and feedback. Use it to create the project framework and milestones within that framework, if applicable. Once the project is finalized and the community has had a chance to kibbitz, start Mantis (or Bugzilla) action items for the project and its individual milestones. This allows us to definitively close parts of projects, and then eventually projects themselves. It also allows the community to see clearly what is being done, by whom, and where in the pipeline things rest. My $0.02. P.S. Jeff, I feel like a total toadface. You were in Portland for OSCON and I spaced. We could have had you over to the house for dinner, movie, and sundries. Man I suck. ./k kurt von finck -- http://www.mneptok.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- public key at: subkeys.pgp.net server key id: 5229D26A fingerprint: 127A A484 ADBF A5AD E7FB 8CD2 8913 18F4 5229 D26A -- Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius. - An Wang -- _______________________________________________ Gnome-infrastructure mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-infrastructure
