On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Paul Hoffman <nkui...@nkuitse.com> wrote:
> > - store everything under version control system: closed/resolved issues > > can be moved to different branch (smaller checkout) > > Interesting. > > > This way data can be accessed very easily, some usage ideas: > > > > - searching for existing issues simple as checking out repository and > > "greping" files > > Yay. > > > - nice time-line provided by version control system (history of > > commits): when issue was updated, closed, new response was send > > Double yay. > > > - advanced usage e.g. search for issues with specific priority, "cat" > > them into one file and open with your email client > > Excellent. > > > I think that would make some people happy. > > Sounds like some good ideas to me. > > > Use mailing list as main interface, web interface could just send > > messages to list. Every message would be automatically prefixed with > > issue ID, ID would be also used as name for mbox file. Version control > > system would provide some security against corruption (just rollback > > to previous working checkout). > > I'm not crazy about shoehorning issue tracking into e-mail like this, > it's more complicated than it needs to be. Concentrate on simple, basic > storage and functions and let someone else who cares about a web > interface write one. > > > Anyway those are just random ideas, not sure if that is the way to go. > > That's good for starters. Here's a simple issue tracker repository > using directories, key-value text files, and symlinks: > > /path/to/repo/ > ticket/ > abc123/ > +owner/ > yolanda -> ../../../user/yolanda > properties [status, description, whatever] > history [log of activity, append-only] > mail/ [maildir, mh mailbox, whatever] > +attachments/ > hjk987 -> ../../../attachment/hjk987 > user/ > yolanda/ > +tickets/ > abc123 -> ../../../ticket/abc123 > properties [name, e-mail address, etc.] > attachment/ > hjk987/ > properties > contents.foo [the file itself] > > Simple, extensible (group/*, project/*, ticket/*/+watchers, > ticket/*/+parent, whatever), and if for some reason you don't want > symlinks you can manage the relationships between things some other way > (hard links, plain text files, whatever). > > Call it nfuit (non-fucked up issue tracker) and write some shell > functions for convenience: > > nfuit_create_repository nfuit_create_repository /path/to/another/repo > nfuit_create nfuit_create user/bob -name Bob -email > b...@example.net > nfuit_set nfuit_set user/$u -name $name -email $addr > nfuit_properties nfuit_properties user/bob | while read key val; > do ...; done > nfuit_log nfuit_log $(nfuit_now) ticket/123 created -by bob > -status open > nfuit_exists if !nfuit_exists ticket/999; then ...; fi > nfuit_link nfuit_link user/bob +tickets ticket/666 > nfuit_unlink # obvious > nfuit_links for t in $(nfuit_links user/yolanda +tickets); do > ...; done > nfuit_is_linked if nfuit_is_linked user/$u +tickets ticket/123; > then ...; fi > nfuit_lock nfuit_lock user/bob/properties > nfuit_unlock nfuit_unlock user/bob/properties > > I've done most of this (in zsh). Then build the rest on top of this and > utils like grep, find, munpack, etc. > > Paul. > > -- > Paul Hoffman > Well, this sounds functional enough, but... I feel that maybe I am considering it to be simpler than it actually is. This is what I understand: -Now, the issue tracker application manages the creation and modification of a folder as you said. -All the issue tracking data sits in this folder. This folder sits inside a version-controlled folder (so, this folder replaces the TODO files we swap around, if you place it together with the source code) -Then all I have to do is write a simple bash or C program with a couple of features (like the ones you listed). - If control through email is requested, another app should be written that extends an email handling system. - If anyone wants a web interface, that too would be done with another application. Something this simple I feel would have been done already. What am I missing? If nothing, I could get started right away. Cheers
