Re: Choice of bug tracker

[Michael Albinus]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

Hi Eli,

> Here's a list of features that I think we want to preserve:
>
>   . submit a bug report via email
>   . receive bug reports and related discussions via email
>   . give instructions to the tracker via email:
>     - close/reopen/merge issues
>     - add/remove tags from issues
>     - mark a closed bug with the Emacs version where it is fixed
>   . continue discussion of an issue even after it is closed
>
> If I missed something important, Michael and Stefan, please add to
> this list.

Sounds OK.

>> Though at their scale it's likely to result in too much spam anyway.
>
> GNU mailing lists have a very efficient system for blocking spam.

Whatever system is taken, you'll need ML moderators. Volunteers,
committed for years.

>> > If they aren't, then which capabilities _are_ important to have that
>> > we don't have on debbugs?
>>
>> Just the common bug tracker stuff, mostly related to Web UI (allowing
>> one to easily read and join a discussion, subscribe to it, unsubscribe,
>> syntax-highlighted code snippets, linking of issues between themselves,
>> links between issues and commits, closing issues from commits, assigning
>> issues to specific developers, ...). Also better working search and a
>> very visible page "latest active issues/discussions".
>
> If those are the main points, perhaps we should also explore the
> possibility of adding them to debbugs?

The Guix people have written their own Web UI on top of debbugs.gnu.org,
<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/>. Perhaps you can ask for their view.

Best regards, Michael.