Re: [Dorset] Using Github as a Bug Tracker

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Terry,

> Now I have a Github account

https://github.com/wmtprojectsteam

> I notice that the 'Issue' tab can be used as a bugtracker.  I've
> skimmed through the Help and it looks as if this would be ideal for
> us.

Can't think why not.

> The team at the moment consists of one young and very able IT student,
> me, one ex engineering manager / hardware developer and Clive.  The
> internal users are the Manager and staff of the WMT and possibly some
> of the other volunteers.

You four could have accounts so you can comment, and do whatever else
you configure it to allow.  And reports of possible problems from users
could filter through you lot in the existing ways, email and forum, to
save them the bother of registering and learning yet another thing.
They can always open the issue's link posted on the forum to read
discussion and progress, and register if motivated.

Cheers, Ralph.

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Re: [Dorset] Using Github as a Bug Tracker

[Natalie Masse Hooper]

At Google, I worked on a few open source projects hosted on Github, in
particular this one https://github.com/googlesamples/android-architecture
We used Github issues as a bug tracker and it was working quite well. As
you can see, we were using labels to sort the issues, we found this
necessary but we had a lot of issues coming in (as  you can see, it's quite
a popular project), you may not need to do this for yours. But yes, I would
recommend using it - you can comment on an issue, close an issue etc It
does the job of bug tracking (not as powerful/flexible as paid for bug
tracking software but much simpler to use so probably much better for your
project).

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 7:58 AM, Terry Coles 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We've created a Github Repository for the Wimborne Model Town software and
> have made some commits of software currently being tested there.
>
> One topic that came up for discussion is the tracking of bugs.  Prior to
> this
> year it was all done by emails (very clunky) and more recently through the
> WMT
> Project Forum which is better, but not really designed for the job.
>
> Now I have a Github account I notice that the 'Issue' tab can be used as a
> bugtracker.  I've skimmed through the Help and it looks as if this would be
> ideal for us.  I'm sure many (most?) of you who develop for a living use
> Github, so what do you think of the Github Issue capability?  Would it be
> helpful for us or could it create more problems than it's worth?
>
> The team at the moment consists of one young and very able IT student, me,
> one
> ex engineering manager / hardware developer and Clive.  The internal users
> are
> the Manager and staff of the WMT and possibly some of the other volunteers.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
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>
>
>
> Terry Coles
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[Dorset] Using Github as a Bug Tracker

[Terry Coles]

Hi,

We've created a Github Repository for the Wimborne Model Town software and 
have made some commits of software currently being tested there.

One topic that came up for discussion is the tracking of bugs.  Prior to this 
year it was all done by emails (very clunky) and more recently through the WMT 
Project Forum which is better, but not really designed for the job.

Now I have a Github account I notice that the 'Issue' tab can be used as a 
bugtracker.  I've skimmed through the Help and it looks as if this would be 
ideal for us.  I'm sure many (most?) of you who develop for a living use 
Github, so what do you think of the Github Issue capability?  Would it be 
helpful for us or could it create more problems than it's worth?

The team at the moment consists of one young and very able IT student, me, one 
ex engineering manager / hardware developer and Clive.  The internal users are 
the Manager and staff of the WMT and possibly some of the other volunteers.

Any thoughts?

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