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

[Swills]

I agree that discussions, for me, work well in email.  I can't sit in  
chat and don't have scheduled forum time either.  That said, the  
issues cue at drupal.org works very well for me when I am focused on  
fixing a single bug and need to remember all the history of the  
issue.  Long story short, I agree that we need both email and  
discussion thread features.

Stev3


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On Sep 18, 2009, at 9:16 PM, Mike Rylander <mrylander at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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