* Erik Arneson <erik@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> Howdy, folks. Steve asked me to join the project, and so I have! How's
> everybody doing?
We're all very sexy!
> Anyhow, regarding issue trackers, user-friendliness and familiarity
> really should be high on our list. In addition, I'd like to avoid
> reinventing the wheel.
Amen!
> We want to work on SXEmacs most, and let the bug tracking take
> care of itself. In other words, I'm not sure we want all our
> volunteers to spend their time writing and fixing the bug tracker
> -- we want them on SXEmacs itself, right?
Right. But work will be done on the tracker if if isn't up to speed.
> I've had experience with a few different bug/issue tracking
> systems, and though it pains me to say it, I've had the best
> experiences with Bugzilla. Its UI is really damn ugly (and
> coming from an Emacs junky, that's saying a lot), but it gets
> the job done and most community bug-reporting types will already
> be familiar with it.
Good points. And even if BugZilla is the ugliest thing on the planet,
it's still light years ahead of what XEmacs has. :-P
> Those itching for an Emacs-based interaction with it can always
> fire up w3m-emacs or write something on their own.
Very true.
Johann, you're looking at BugZilla now aren't you? I can't wait to
hear your report on it.
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