Re: Fwd: Let's move on our bug tracking system and git repository

[Tobias Mueller <muelli cryptobitch de>]

Hi.

On Mo, 2016-10-24 at 10:44 +0200, Abel wrote:
> I guess somebody has already broached the subject before,
I don't remember any discussion, so your guess might be wrong ;-)

> I get very frustrated when I have to look for some patch, submit a
> bug or browse through the code using the current tools: bugzilla and
> git.gnome.org.
Can you elaborate? Â Or even better, talk to the products involved, i.e.
Bugzilla and cgit (is it?)?


> We're in 2016 guys, why don't we move to a more modern and visual alternative?
I think the main reason is that someone would have to do it which has
not been the case so far.
It's a bit more complicated than that, though, because it also needs to
be maintained, updated, and possibly integrated into the rest of the
infrastructure.

>  I propose Gitlab as it's open source, we can install it in our servers, [...]
How do you know that can install it? Â I think it's more complicated
than downloading their omnibus thing and running it.
For example, it needs to be updated every so often. Â Do they not do
releases every month or so? Â I currently don't see how this would be
possible to do on our end.

>  it's robust and it has many good features as well as integrations.
I like Gitlab and I tend to install it for the projects I work on. But
I would wait for more real world exposure until I'd call it "robust".
See, Trac was the new kid a few years ago. Until it became not
fashionable anymore and people started to like Redmine. Now it's
something else entirely. Â While I understand that we ought to be open
for modern tools, I also have the desire for keeping things stable.
Especially given that the whole Web stuff is not our main expertise.

In any case, if you want to make it happen, I guess you need to
persuade the admins of it being a worthwhile investment of their time.
You probably also want to get the buy-in of the main "customers" of the
new programme which is probably best to get on d-d-l.

Cheers,
  Tobi