Re: gEDA-user: TRACKERS [was: Re: gEDA-dev: Dev list [was: Random thoughts onthe future interface of PCB]]

[Markus Hitter <mah@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 10.12.2010 um 21:03 schrieb Peter TB Brett:

> My main objection to Launchpad in the past was that it was closed- 
> source, but now that that has been changed... it's hard to find a  
> reason not to use it for bug tracking instead of SF.net.


I've commited a bunch of bugs against Ubuntu, the prestige-project of  
Launchpad. Finding similar bugs, or any related bug was almost  
impossible. The project's source code feels so far away I never got  
in touch with it. So, no engouragement to actually fix something.

Another reason would be perhaps it's use of Bazaar instead of Git.  
This not-so enthusiastic experience might be Ubuntu specific, of course.

Using Github, the experience was a lot better. Regarding the  
messenging system it's not as full featured as the others, but  
sufficiently featured.

Everything on Github centers around the source code repository, so  
you almost have to run away to not start fixing the issue. Forks are  
still a fork, but pull requests and similar features make it more  
feel like a branch. Many people use this fork-and-pull-request  
thingy, so it's simple to review something or ask for refinements  
without worrying about the main repo. You can put comments right into  
the provided patches and they're picked up in the issue's tracker  
log. Very productive.


my $0.02
Markus

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