Hi, (Off-topic)
I am looking to put an open-source bug/issue tracking system in place for our current project (eventually expanded for all projects), and would appreciate any experiences/comments/suggestions. Note the project is encompasses embedded hardware (ASIC plus firmware) plus application software. The easiest method is using a spreadsheet, but this is not very expandable. The requirements I have come up with - Free ;-) - Easy to setup and maintain (I want this to be an engieering tool, not an IT project) - A non linux expert should be able to download and install (rpms OK, deep understanding of makefiles and linux kernel not OK) - Ideally via text files, a bit of perl/tcl/python OK. I'd rather avoid SQL - Prove the system and then hand-off to IT for maintenance - Easy use - Browser UI - Mail ? - Linux - Flexible reporting/search - User/admin accounts - Initially internal network access only, eventually external (customer, partner) access - Cover HDL, H/W, F/W, Documentation, Change requests. Both ASIC and FPGA. - Eventually production issues (Yeild, Test programs?) - Maybe allow project deadlines included. - We use CVS, so any loose coupling useful - We have per project repositories, plus and repository containing common IP's (i.e a project will always use 2) - Medium size projects (upto 15-20 people) - Possible migration to other system in future (which I guess means a well supported database) Googling provided with lots of names - Bugzilla (seems to be in widest use for S/W projects) - GNATS (I recall using this in a previous job) - IssueTrackerSystem (ZOPE, Python) - Trac (Python) - Plus lots of others Any suggestions, comments, recommendations or pointers to papers/tutorals greatly appreciated. Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
