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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] bug tracker planning
From: jani.taskinen@sci.fi (Jani Taskinen)

Please don't top post!

And what you ask for is already there.

--Jani


Sriram Natarajan kirjoitti:
> Hi
> I very much miss the ability to add my email address to the bugs that I 
> am interested in. This used to allow to me to track its progress. I 
> wasn't not sure, if that is what you meant within Subscriptions..
> 
> - sriram
> 
> 
> Philip Olson wrote:
>>
>> The bug system today works fine but improvements are being made. I've 
>> gone through the lists and details from past attempts and will list 
>> ideas here. Please do not vote, but if a particular item appears like 
>> a bad idea then please explain. Or, discuss additional (or modified) 
>> ideas that will be useful to the PHP project.
>>
>> The new system[1] is based off the pear.php.net bug system (via Jani), 
>> which long ago was a fork of our current (bugs.php.net). Because of 
>> this, some of these items are already available via the pear geeks. 
>> The plan is to have one bug tracker that includes 
>> PEAR+PECL+Core+GTK+Etc. It's also planning to go live after Stage #1 
>> is completed, and also Jani and 2009 GSoC student Felipe Ribeiro are 
>> working on this project. Soonish a test system will be setup for all 
>> to break. Yes, this really is happening.
>>
>> Most people like the current system because it's simple, and I don't 
>> foresee this changing.
>>
>> First stage:
>> - Cleanup code (in progress)
>> - Attachments : For a diff, test, backtrace, screenshot, whatever. (done)
>> - Package/Type separation : Packages (like extensions) and Bug Types 
>> (like feature requests) are separate (done)
>> - Defined/Documented permissions : For example, so we all know if a 
>> random person can comment on a bogus bug
>> - Preview button, instead of only submit (almost done)
>> - Deal with bug id clashes from current PECL/PEAR/PHP bug trackers, 
>> and associated links
>> - Importing
>> - Testing
>>
>> Second stage:
>> - Additional history : When a bug was opened/closed etc. Currently we 
>> don't log this except in emails
>> - Reclassification : Discuss how we handle this, like should old/new 
>> lists both receive emails?
>> - Consider different captcha (like reCaptcha) for anonymous users
>> - Voting : Do we use or care about this? Improve?
>> - nofeedback improvements : People assume this means closed, when it 
>> does not
>>
>> Third stage:
>> - Subscriptions : Allow people to subscribe to RSS and/or receive 
>> emails per bug/package
>> - Tagging : Allow people to optionally attach tags to bugs
>> - IRC integration : Allow bot integration to an IRC channel, like a 
>> #php.bugs resurrection
>> - Optional milestones (in pearweb today)
>> - Integrate with VCS. Research this, KISS. Ex. A commit containing 
>> "PHP Bug #42" automagically appends info to the bugs db
>> - Befriend systems like http://bts-link.alioth.debian.org/
>> - OpenID support, see also http://wiki.php.net/ideas/phpnetauth
>> - Username finder for the 'assigned' boxes, see also 
>> http://people.php.net/
>>
>> And as always, additional volunteers are welcome.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Philip
>>
>> [1] http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/pear/Bugtracker/
>>
>>
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