Re: Bug push - we need a bug tracking system.

st> Here are *my* desiderata. This does not represent a consensus st> of the board. st> (1) It needs to accept submissions, additions, and st> status-changing commands by email. st> (2) Ditto for the web interface. st> (3) It needs to have a nice web presentation. (they all do, st> so that's not a problem, but there are better and worse an st> that's a consideration. st> (4) It needs to ping watchers on (a) new submissions to the st> issue or st> (b) status changes (at the watcher's option). st> (5) It needs to have ways of customizing the presentation, st> adding new types of issues, merging and splitting issues, st> etc. st> (6) It should be hackable by me and/or somebody with a long st> reliable association with the XEmacs project. st> (7) It needs to have a certain level of security. debbugs (2.4.1) The bug tracking system based on the active Debian BTS <http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/debbugs> Certainly has 1-4b. The remaining seem somewhat subjective. :) Start looking at <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/>;. There is (X)Emacs assisted bug reporting (debian.el). Two questions come to mind for which I have no answers at hand: can the Debian BTS notion of packages be easily adapted to XEmacs packages and how hard would it be to rip out unwanted Debianisms? A lot might be gained from the tried and true developer disciplines that are supported. jam