Mail Archives: geda-user/2016/07/30/02:49:50
On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:05:02 -0500
"John Griessen (john AT ecosensory DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]"
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> Is there a good FOSS bug tracker?
It's all in how you use it.
Gnucap uses Savannah, mostly, including git. There are 7 separate git
repositories on savannah, and some outside unofficial stuff at github.
For bug tracking, it's set up on savannah, but we don't use it.
Instead, all bug tracking is embedded in the source code, in a very
in-your-face manner. Some people like it, some don't. I think it
works very well in the sense that the real bug count is low, and the
known bugs are noted in the source code, in such a way that you can't
miss it if you are working on that part of the code.
If you are debating the merits of various bug track systems, there is
probably a bigger problem in that there are too many bugs. What you
need is not bug tracker software, but rather a strategy for
systematically reducing the number of bugs, perhaps a
structured re-engineering, and a strategy for testing new submissions
for quality before acceptance. The usual hack approach to fixing bugs
tends to introduce new bugs that might be worse than the originals.
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