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Re: Add a bugzilla website

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Nov 15, 2013, 10:50 UTC
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ycollette.nospam@free.fr writes:
> The bugzilla approach is really useful for the user who is reporting
> bugs: all the bugs are tracked, you can see if a bug has been already
> filled and put some additional informations if necessary.

As a user, the most important thing is that the bug is eventually fixed. I had a lot of experiences with projects using bugtrackers, where I filed bugs, and the bugs were burried forever in the bugtracker. Not all projects are like this, but the danger of using a bugtracker to have long-standing bugs forgotten is high. It is especially high when there's no one paid to maintain the list of open bugs low.

As opposed to this, most bug reports on this list are followed by a lively discussion and a patch.

Sure, a bugtracker could complement this, but someone would have to volunteer to set up and maintain one, and to get developpers interested in fixing bugs reported there. There have been attempts, but AFAIK no success.

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Matthieu Moy
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  2. Damien WyartNov 15, 2013
  3. ycollette.nospam@free.frNov 15, 2013
  4. Konstantin KhomoutovNov 15, 2013
  5. ycollette.nospam@free.frNov 15, 2013
  6. Matthieu MoyNov 15, 2013
  7. David AguilarJan 8, 2014
  8. Andrew ArdillNov 15, 2013
  9. Jonathan NiederNov 15, 2013
  10. brian m. carlsonNov 15, 2013
  11. ycollette.nospam@free.frNov 18, 2013
  12. Matthieu MoyNov 18, 2013
  13. Fwd: Add a bugzilla websiteStefan Saasen, Jan 13, 2014

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