Re: Debbugs bugtracker testbed for Octave?

[John W. Eaton]

On 27-Mar-2008, Moritz Borgmann wrote:

| wouldn't it make sense if we started out a somewhat more structured 
| discussion with the goal to pick a bug tracker, along the lines of
| 
| 1) Define requirements for bug tracking system, loosely prioritized 
| (probably makes sense to start off with a proposal from John?)
| 2) Have people who have experience with different bug trackers chime 
| in on how requirements are met
| 3) Decide
| 
| Generally I think there's no doubt that a bug tracker would be hugely useful.

There was this discussion:

  
http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A--Potorti%40isti.cnr.it%3A-Bug-418158%3A-octave2.9%3A-poissinv-error--to9911408.html#a9917426

but that was a year ago and it didn't come to any real conclusion.
There have maybe been some others, but I didn't find them in my quick
search.  If you'd like to start another one, feel free.

My requirements are

  * it must be possible to do all interaction by email

  * it must provide a web display of the pending and recently handled
    reports so that people can check on the status of a bug report

  * users should not have to create accounts to submit bug reports

  * it should be relatively simple to use and maintain (ideally,
    someone would volunteer to run it, since I don't really want that job)

  * a web interface for submitting bug reports is OK, but not essential


jwe