Hi, On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 6:46 PM, Paul A <[email protected]> wrote: > Enhancements, improvements and new features: a good starting point is the > user list, (IRC?) and possibly the dev list. If there is consensus, this > should be filed at ??? <enhancements.koha-community.org> (similar to > bugzilla)
It is hardly unusual for a "bugs" database to be used to record both reports of defects with the software and requests for enhancements. The Koha project has done so for years; procedures for doing are documented in the project bug reporting guidelines [1]. Using Bugzilla for both bugs and enhancements serves the Koha community by providing a single place where all requests for changes to the software can be found -- and to consolidate multiple requests for the same change. It also gives us a way to readily reclassify change requests; there are and will be plenty of grey areas where a given request could reasonably considered either a bug or an enhancement. Creating a separate database for enhancements, as you appear to be suggesting, would make such reclassification more difficult. The existence of bugs.koha-community.org does not, of course, preclude somebody from discussing a potential enhancement on the mailing list, and doing so can be a useful way to gauge interest or find folks interesting in collaborating in making an enhancement happen. However, discouraging folks from using the bugs database would be a disservice to the Koha community; given the number of users who are interested in changes to Koha, *some* system for organizing requests is needed. Bugzilla is not perfect, but it is what we have. [1] http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Bug_Reporting_Guidelines Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Infrastructure and Added Services Manager Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: [email protected] direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel website : http://www.koha-community.org/ git : http://git.koha-community.org/ bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/
