[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Bug tracking (was: 1.6RC1 - Acquistions -possiblebugs)

[Mike Rylander]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Karen Schneider <kgs at esilibrary.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Wills,Steve <wills at nelinet.net> wrote:
>>>KGS: A separate mailing list, evergreen-ils-bugs?
>>
>> Some agreed upon procedure such as, adding a ticket number to a thread
>> subject line as soon as it's clear that a thread is addressing a bug or
>> bug set, maybe? I am not sure a separate list is necessary but it sure
>> would be nice to be able to sync lists to Trac with a simple grep or
>> something so that bugs don't fall off the end of the world.
>>
>> Stev3
>
> I was thinking that as well. Either would work; it's a matter of
> education and enforcement.
>
> Again, I notice how you all turned pale and fell on your backs when I
> said web board ;-) but it would be very convenient. Imagine one place
> that had not only our conversations but piped all the commits, new bug
> reports, etc.... (Hey, it's the status quo for homebrewing... ;-) )
>
>

To be clear, for me it's not just a visceral aversion to "boards",
it's that they just do not work well for me.  They are an impediment.
Email fits very well with the way I develop, and gmail is REALLY good
at searching my email.  A board or forum requires a whole lot more
investment of time every time I need to look at something, and I've
yet to see one that is really good at search -- at least in the way I
need it to be, where I can find the one specific message I need, and
not just be dropped at the beginning of a 15-page run-up discussion.
I'm sure it /is/ convenient for those that need to see an overview and
look at the history of a discussion, but it's terrible (again, at
least for me) for actually /having/ the discussion.

What we really need, IMO, is Google Wave.  Then the "forumers" can
have their web-board view, and we "emailers" can have our gmail-esque
view.  So, who wants to lobby Mountain View for some beta accounts?
;)

-- 
Mike Rylander
 | VP, Research and Design
 | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
 | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
 | email:  miker at esilibrary.com
 | web:  http://www.esilibrary.com