On 8 Dec 2010, at 8:55 AM, Thiago Macieira wrote: > Em Terça-feira, 7 de Dezembro de 2010, às 11:22:47, Benoit Jacob escreveu: >> ***** >> 1. Issue tracker (Mozilla) vs. Mailing lists (KDE). >> >> KDE uses a Mailing list for most its development discussion, and only >> uses trackers (bugzilla, reviewboard) for specific tasks (user bug >> reports, patch review). >> >> Mozilla uses a (modern, well-configured) bugzilla for almost >> everything including 90% of development discussion. >> >> My point here is not to advertise bugzilla specifically (though I love >> it), but issue trackers in general. >> >> An issue tracker, contrary to a mailing list, allows to efficiently >> keep track of what TODO items remain to be done, how they must be >> prioritized, etc. It also is much more convenient for core >> contributors because it allows them to handle issues later, so they >> can reclaim control of how they spend their time, instead of having to >> constantly handle the flow of emails. > > Hi Benoît > > Thanks for your suggestions. A couple of comments from me: > > The issue tracker and the mailing lists are not mutually exclusive things. > The > issue tracker is a very good tool for, well, tracking issues -- bug reports, > suggestions, even feature planning, requirements, unrelated tasks, etc. In > some projects, it's also used for controlling the integration system (like > WebKit). This I support and I think KDE should use more often. > > One feature missing in Bugzilla is proper rich formatting, like a wiki. > > The mailing list is where discussions happen and decisions are made. > > Code reviews currently happen on mailing lists and that's how I prefer it. > Some projects, apparently like Mozilla, do it all on the issue tracker. > WebKit > does it. > > For Qt, what I'm trying to find is a system that integrates the review system > to the mailing list. Something like we have for kde-bugs-dist: two-way, with > enough information so people can filter incoming emails. > > If I can't find such a system, I'll settle for a system with easy > command-line > access and mailing list logging (one-way only). >
You might want to look at http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/rietveld.html as it does a fairly good job, and has a decent command line tool. -- >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
