Re: Using debbugs as the librejs bug tracker?

[Yuchen Pei]

On Fri 2023-07-07 11:15:01 -0400, bill-auger wrote:

> the only problem i can foresee is the usual one for projects on
> savannah - many
> projects will have the savannah bug tracker enabled and accepting bug
> reports,
> even if the maintainers never read it - therefore users submit bug
> reports and
> the maintainers never read them
>
> GNU devs do seem to prefer the email workflow; but librejs is not the
> typical
> GNU program - it is easy to argue that the mail driven workflow makes it
> _less_ accessible to the typical users of webby things, most of whom would
> prefer something more webby, such as the savannah, pagure, or github bug
> trackers - all of those are currently accepting bug reports for
> librejs - ive
> seen it often where users will post bug reports on the webby bug
> trackers, even
> if the upstream suggests not to, simply because they accept bug reports and
> users find it more convenient - so they do it anyways, and those bug
> reports go
> unseen by the maintainers

That may be true, but there have not been many bug reports anyway. As a
maintainer and developer I find it hard to keep track of bugs on
savannah. And many bugs on savannah are rather stale. My hope is that a
debbugs will make the development more organised, which may have a side
effect of encouraging more reports.

>
> so if you do this, i suggest closing the savannah, pagure, and github bug
> trackers - but it would be better to continue watching them for bug reports
> in addition to the mailing list - thats how it has been for years -
> converting
> the mailing list into a debbugs tracker is not a very significant
> change unless
> the savannah, pagure, and github bug trackers are closed, or unless
> they remain
> open but are no longer watched - arguably, neither of those options
> would be an
> improvement though - unfortunately, to require users to submit bug
> reports via
> email is a great way to ensure that you get no bug reports
>

I'd vote for closing all the other trackers for simplicity and to reduce
overhead.

Best,
Yuchen

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