On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 12:02 PM Kenneth Graunke <kenn...@whitecape.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > As a lot of you have probably noticed, Bugzilla seems to be getting a > lot of spam these days - several of us have been disabling a bunch of > accounts per day, sweeping new reports under the rug, hiding comments, > etc. This bug spam causes emails to be sent (more spam!) and then us > to have to look at ancient bugs that suddenly have updates. > > I think it's probably time to consider switching away from Bugzilla. > We are one of the few projects remaining - Mesa, DRM, and a few DDX > drivers are still there, but almost all other projects are gone: > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi > > Originally, I was in favor of retaining Bugzilla just to not change too > many processes all at once. But we've been using Gitlab a while now, > and several of us have been using Gitlab issues in our personal repos; > it's actually pretty nice. > > Some niceities: > > - Bug reporters don't necessarily need to sign up for an account > anymore. They can sign in with their Gitlab.com, Github, Google, > or Twitter accounts. Or make one as before. This may be nicer for > reporters that don't want to open yet another account just to report > an issue to us. > > - Anti-spam support is actually maintained. Bugzilla makes it near > impossible to actually delete garbage, Gitlab makes it easier. It > has a better account creation hurdle than Bugzilla's ancient captcha, > and Akismet plug-ins for handling spam. > > - The search interface is more modern and easier to use IMO. > > - Permissions & accounts are easier - it's the same unified system. > > - Easy linking between issues and MRs - mention one in the other, and > both get updated with cross-links so you don't miss any discussion. > > - Milestone tracking > > - This could be handy for release trackers - both features people > want to land, and bugs blocking the release. > > - We could also use it for big efforts like direct state access, > getting feature parity with fglrx, or whatnot. > > - Khronos switched a while ago as well, so a number of us are already > familiar with using it there. > > Some cons: > > - Moving bug reports between the kernel and Mesa would be harder. > We would have to open a bug in the other system. (Then again, > moving bugs between Mesa and X or Wayland would be easier...)
If that was a concern, we could setup a kernel gitlab project that has an empty git repository (at least until we are ready to move drm git tree). > What do people think? If folks are in favor, Daniel can migrate > everything for us, like he did with the other projects. If not, > I'd like to hear what people's concerns are. > yes, please, let's move! BR, -R _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
