John H. Robinson, IV said: > Andrew Lentvorski wrote: >> >> And in what way is [debbugs] easier/more convenient than Bugzilla? > > Purely available via email. Can be acessed from anywhere. No need for > an > account to submit a bug report. No need for an account to review bug > reports. No need for anaccount to modify (close!) a bug report.
So spammers can open and close bug reports? > Did I mention no need for accounts? > Did I mention no need for a web browser? Yeah, web browsers are so hard to find. >> "Send us this mail, in this specific form, which is listed here..." > > It is not nearly as complicated as you make it out. > >> I don't think so. If that is the kind of stuff people have to put >> up >> with for Debian, I now understand why Ubuntu is kicking Debian's >> butt. > > If you are using debbugs to report a bug in Debian, then you should be > using reportbug. It does all the grunt work for you. > > Of course, debbugs was built specifically for one purpose in mind, so > it > would probably not be a good fit for anything else. But it does have > the > features I like: completely able to manipulate via email, and able to > read via http. > >> I was hoping for some useful alternatives. Since I didn't get one, >> I'll >> volunteer one of my own: >> >> If you think bugzilla is too heavyweight for you, take a look at >> RoundUp: >> >> http://roundup.sourceforge.net/ > > Interesting. It says email interface, but I wonder how dependent it > really is on the web interface. Remember, nothing is as evil as being > forced to submit a webform. Or putting up with jhriv's rants. :-) -- Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net http://www.paccomp.com Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. - Jeremy Bentham, jurist and philosopher (1748-1832) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
