Re: INITIO scsi driver fails to work properly

On Dec 19, 2007 9:05 AM, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 10:50:40AM -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
So, to get the best of both worlds, file a bugzilla and note the bugid.
Then email a complete report to the relevant list, but add [BUG <bugid>]
to the subject line and cc bugme-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you do
this, bugzilla will keep track of the entire discussion as it progresses
and allow those who track bugs through bugzilla to get a pretty accurate
idea of the status. You should never need to touch bugzilla again once
the initial bug report is filed: all future information flow is via the
mailing lists.

The problem is that it appears to the casual observer as if they can
then add information to the bug through the web interface. But that
information will never be forwarded to the mailing list. Unless there's
a way of marking bugs as 'unchangable through the web interface' or 'all
messages appended to this bug need to be forwarded', Bugzilla just
doesn't fit our needs.

The Debian BTS fits our way of working much better. Perhaps somebody
should investigate a migration.

This is excellent observation by Matthew and James. There is no magic
in bugzilla not being loved, it is just "not the right set of features
for effective work on a problem". It doesn't support multiple
developer' collaboration well.
This distaste is not universal, since some people don't have a problem
with bugzilla as is, maybe those who tend to work on problems
"alone"...
But making it to be a workable tool for everyone is definitely worth it.
Any other favorite bugzillas that are nice to work with and that have
the advantage above?


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