[Phpmyadmin-devel] Re: about bug tracker

[Marc Delisle]

Michal Čihař a écrit :
> Hi
> 
> On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 09:13:16 -0500
> Marc Delisle <Marc.Delisle at cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I started to mark fixed bugs with:
>>(ok 2.8.0-beta2)
>>
>>instead of
>>(in 2.8.0-beta2)
>>
>>because sometimes, reporters think that the "in" means the bug happens _in_ a 
>>particular version.
>>
>>Would be better to use (fixed 2.8.0-beta2) but this takes 3 more characters that 
>>we often need in the bug description.
> 
> 
> How about using better bug tracker? The one on sourceforge is simple,
> but limits usage. Misusing (short) description for this is one
> case. Better defined states of bugs and more fields are useful.
> Basically what is needed for proper bug handling is: status, resolution
> and in which version issue is fixed. Workflow could look like:
> 
> reporter:
> New Issue  	
> 
> developer (when he wants to work on issue):
> Status		new	=> assigned
> Assigned To 	 => developer
> 
> developer (when issue is fixed):
> Status  	assigned => resolved
> Fixed in Version => 1.2.3
> Resolution	open => fixed
> 
> reporter can here possibly reopen issue and it is put in feedback
> state, so that it requires developer reaction.
> 
> release manager (when 1.2.3 is released):
> Status  	resolved => closed
> 
> 
> Resolved issues should be still listed until version fixing that issue
> is actually released so that users can see them. I like this approach
> much more than the one we currently use on sf.net.
> 
> If you want to see such tracker, you can look at mantis [1] or
> bugzilla [2]. There are definitely more of them, but those two I know,
> I run mantis for my projects [3]. Installing mantis on sourceforge
> should not be a big problem.

I guess the problem would be how to explain users of sf.net that they should not 
use sf.net "native" bug tracker...

> 
> 1. http://mantisbt.org/
> 2. http://www.bugzilla.org/
> 3. http://bugs.cihar.com/
>