[Savannah-hackers] Re: [Savane-dev] Re: Update of the project approval process

[Sylvain Beucler]

I am pretty glad I asked. It makes things clearer for me, and changes
my mind about the tracker.

Ok.

-- 
Sylvain
PS: I am a bit worried that still no mail gets to
savannah-hackers... It receives my mails but not yours. Maybe there is
some new spam policy there (aren't you running your own mail server
btw?)

> >> In my opinion and in the opinion of CERN, the tracker is the most
> >> interesting feature in Savane. This was why Savane was chosen by CERN
> >> over SourceForge, Bugzilla and GForge by CERN. This is the most used
> >> feature at CERN - where the mail interface would be a plus but is not
> >> the main issue. 
> >> So it's logical to improve that part of Savane.
> >> 
> >> We could make binding over another bug tracking system - but what
> >> would be the point in using Savane, so?
> >
> > Well, what about managing projects (in the webui and in the system),
> > mailing lists, etc?
> 
> Frankly, the point of whole thing is the fact it is
> integrated. Writing a software that binds a bug tracker to others
> things is not a complete stupid idea. But that's not the way
> sourceforge was designed and so neither the way savane was designed.
> 
> And currently I see no point in moving to another bug tracker (that
> would be a completely different project; not ininteresting
> conceptually, but well...). Finally, the only financial support to
> the project is the CERN; so if the CERN wants to the trackers to be
> improved over other features, it will be the trackers that will be
> improved.
> 
> I hadnt myself a clear idea of the tracker usefulness with the sole
> experience of Savannah. Most persons that go on Savannah (true also
> for Gna) come to get mailing-list and cvs repositories. Only few of
> them really use a bug tracker, only a few of them are project
> developed by large teams (there are project with 50 members, but more
> than a half are member for historical reasons). At CERN, the situation
> is completely different, almost the opposite; they don't need Savane
> to get CVS  repositories, and they use the trackers in a way more
> intensive way than any project at Savannah or Gna. Most features of
> the bug trackers are just completely ignored at Savannah and Gna,
> while they are commonly used at CERN - because at CERN, it is a
> professional environment, not projects mostly done by volunteers.