Re: Bugzilla for GNOME (was Re: GNOME CVS: nautilus mathieu)

[Mark Gordon <mtgordon helixcode com>]

Joe wrote:

> > Adding Bugzilla support to bug-buddy is much better than an email interface;
> > this'll also allow us to add some ideas from
> > http://bugzilla.eazel.com/helper.html.
> 
> I disagree. Using a web interface requires that you (a) have an account on
> the Bugzilla, (b) log into this account, (c) do HTTP POSTs and other such
> things to send it to the server. This means that bug-buddy will have to
> depend on some HTTP library, such as libghttp or gnome-vfs. Suck.
> 
> An email interface allows you to (a) queue up mail if you are not
> connected, since sendmail/exim/whatever will hold it until it can send it
> without blocking the GUI and (b) requires no additional software than what
> comes with your system. Just fork and exec sendmail, baby. Oh, and it
> doesn't require rearchitecturing bug-buddy.

I like the idea of using email as one option for creating bug reports.  The major advantages of bugzilla vs. 
deb-bugs as I see it (YMMV) are that its query capabilities are greater and that it's easier to maintain the 
database through a web front-end than through email.

-Mark Gordon