Friday, March 30, 2018

Re: bug tracking system for OpenBSD

On 17:54 Tue 19 Dec , Ted Unangst wrote:
> Kai Wetlesen wrote:
> > > > you don't have to announce your bug database the first day you set it up. in
> > > > fact, it's better not to. but in a few months time, when somebody inevitably
> > > > asks misc how do i contribute, where's the todo list, you'll have this handy
> > > > list of unresolved bugs to point them at.
>
> > There are many decisions that would need to be made that will piss somebody
> > off. Decisions like what software/platform to use, where to host the thing, and
> > how much the tool should integrate into existing bug reporting mechanisms
> > (right now just fancy emailing).
> >
> > To answer your tactful question Theo, I personally haven't done anything because
> > I do not have your blessing nor of someone who can say "yes just effing do it". But,
> > if you would be willing to give me free reign it will be done.
>
> Imagine if you'd followed my suggestion and spent the last six months curating
> a bug database. Then today you could have sent us a link to it and everybody
> would see how useful it is. Now we have to wait another six months.

I have made a first step forward in direction to OpenBSD bugtracker
and imported bugs@ archive to a Fossil SCM -
https://bronevichok.ru/cgi-bin/b.cgi/rptview?rn=1
Let's discuss a next step.

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