Poll : what bug tracker should we use ?
Submitted by Fabien D on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 17:57.
The intent of that poll is to find a better bug tracker than the one we use currently.
Please reply here to give your opinion on the bug trackers you know and that you have already used.
Give both the advantages and disadvantages you have found.
To fit our needs, it should be open source or at least have a free licence for an open source project. Moreover, it should not have a lot of technical requirement and should be easy to use and administrate.
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[OT] Bug Tracker Organization
While a little off topic for this node, I would like to offer an idea for any update to the bug tracking:
Provide separate categories for the JNode subsystems:
JNode-All
JNode-Builder
JNode-Core
Jnode-Docs
JNode-Distr
JNode-FS
JNode-GUI
JNode-Net
JNode-Shell
JNode-TextUI
Or, eventually by packages within those categories?
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P.S. how do you define "better" bug tracker than the one you have?
What are the criteria to evaluate and choose between them?
There are a bunch listed here:
http://www.java2s.com/Product/Java/Development/Bug-Tracking.htm
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Robert "Exile In Paradise" Murphey
Launchpad
What about hosted solution like https://launchpad.net/ from Canonical Ltd. (Ubuntu). If you want to minimize maintenance / admin costs, it might be the way to go...
Mantis
What do you think about Mantis bug tracker ?
I have heard it can be easily customisable and I will test it soon.
Fabien
my blog (in english and french)
yes, I also recommend mantis
I recommend Mantis. Whilst it is not as fully featured as some other bug trackers, IMO it is good enough for most. It is also very simple to setup, much more so than BugZilla.
Regards,
Andrew Marlow
Trac
What about trac ?
http://trac.edgewall.org/
Pros:
- easy to install/use/customize
- provides an interface to Subversion
- issue tracking system
- wiki
- integrated with Eclipse via Mylyn.
- lots of plugins
- active community
- it's simple
Cons:
- it's simple
-- Catalin BALAN
No thanks.I have tryed it
No thanks. I have tryed it on some projects at my previous job. It's simple too simple and you will very fast loose track of the project.
Martin
Bugzilla
Bugzilla is good and well integrated in eclipse via Mylyn.
Fabien L.
Bugzilla
I've used Bugzilla in the past, and it does a good job, IMO.
IMO BugZilla is excellent
IMO BugZilla is excellent but it can be a pain to set up fully, especially if you are going to use all the graphical reporting facilities. Mantis is much simpler.
Regards,
Andrew Marlow
JIRA
It's free for open-source projects and is quite popular: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/
Agreed. JIRA is very
Agreed. JIRA is very pleasant to work with, and quite powerfull.
They give out licenses to open source projects.
--
Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen "...plus...Tubular Bells!"
I'm also prefering JIRA,
I'm also prefering JIRA, besides there are plugins for intergrating into IDEs like IntelliJ (Jira Browser) and my guess is that the same is true for Eclipse.
Regards,
Martin
eclipse plugin for jira
right, there is jira-dashboard
Fabien
my blog (in english and french)
JIRA Client
There is also JIRA Client which is a commercial product created by another company. They offer a 1 year renewable licence to open source projects.
Fabien
my blog (in english and french)