Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:08:55 -0600 | From | Eli Carter <> | Subject | Re: Dedicated kernel bug database |
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John Bradford wrote: >>>Following on from yesterday's discussion about there not being much >>>interaction between the kernel Bugzilla and the developers, I began >>>wondering whether Bugzilla might be a bit too generic to be suited to >>>kernel development, and that maybe a system written from the ground up >>>for reporting kernel bugs would be better? >>> >>>I.E. I am prepared to write it myself, if people think it's >>>worthwhile. >> >>Quoting Linus >>(http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103911905214446&w=2): >> >>>And many things _can_ be done without throwing out old designs. >>>Implementation improvements are quite possible without trying to make >>>something totally new to the outside. ... >>> >>>Not throwing out the baby with the bath-water doesn't mean that you cannot >>>improve the system. I'm only arguing against stupid people who think they >>>need a revolution to improve - most real improvements are evolutionary. >> > > True, but there is always a point where you have to say, "This isn't > working, we need to re-write it". Coding by cutting and pasting > existing code is not a great idea. > > >>I bet the thing to do is to spend some time as one of the >>elves who make bugzilla.kernel.org work smoothly despite >>the software; then figure out what incremental tweak you >>can make to the software to make the elves' and users' lives >>better. > > > I am not prepared to start editing the existing Bugzilla code - there > is nothing about it that I think it right at the moment. I could > write a better bug tracking database in a couple of weeks if I wanted > to.
Ok, have you looked at other bug tracking programs? Can you find something you can build on? Take a look at this list of issue tracking software: http://www.a-a-p.org/tools_tracking.html It has a lot of possibilities... different combinations of features and implementation languages.
Could you perhaps expound a bit on your statement "there is nothing about [bugzilla] that I think [is] right at the moment"?
Eli --------------------. "If it ain't broke now, Eli Carter \ it will be soon." -- crypto-gram eli.carter(a)inet.com `-------------------------------------------------
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