On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Josh Cronemeyer wrote:
[edited to change from top posting]
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Seth Thomas Rasmussen <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Hugh Sasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Josh Cronemeyer wrote:
> > >
> > >> +1 on some kind of issue tracking.
[...]
> > > AFAICS, only this list. Nothing found with google.
[...]
> >
> > http://github.com/why/shoes/tree/master/bugs
> >
> > I have never used Ditz, but there's that..
> >
> > --
> > Seth Thomas Rasmussen
> > http://greatseth.com
> >
> well i guess that is better than nothing, but having a web frontend is sorta
> nice. rails, prototype and rspec all use lighthouse for issue tracking.
>
> http://lighthouseapp.com/
> looks dreamy.
>
>
I agree with this sentiment:
http://ditz.rubyforge.org/README.txt
has the somewhat confusing:
<quote>
Ditz currently offers no central public method of bug submission.
== USING DITZ
There are several different ways to use Ditz:
1. Treat issue change the same as code change: include it as part of commits,
and merge it with changes from other developers, resolving conflicts in the
usual manner.
2. Keep the issue database in the repository but in a separate branch. Issue
changes can be managed by your VCS, but is not tied directly to code
commits.
3. Keep the issue database separate and not under VCS at all.
All of these options are supported; the choice of which to use depends on your
workflow.
</quote>
so I don't know how to contribute reports usefully. I can't see how they
are tied to code examples and output, I can't see which method we should
use to submit them as the shoes list has no record of preferred ways to
submit, that I've been able to find. I think the barrier needs lowering
a little. Some people who'd like to submit reports will be newcomers
to programming, and getting them to use git will really be fun!
I have found this though:
http://code.google.com/p/ditz-commander/
a GUI front end to Ditz. I don't know how easy that makes it though,
there's still all the conceptual stuff to cover.
Hugh
