Re: gEDA: PCB: Throw the Bugzilla out of window

[Stephen Meier <smeier-at-NOSPAMAlchemyResearch_dot_com>]

Has anyone else noticed that the number one cause of software bugs is 
programmers?

Steve Meier


Stephen Williams wrote:

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> Karel Kulhavy wrote:
> | Bugzilla appears to be a shit to me. Responds to an upload of 4MB
> | attachment with "invalid filename". "webp.ppm" is probably an invalid
> | filename on the filesystem Sourceforge runs on. Tried with Links and 
> Mozilla
> | so it doesn't seem to be a problem of browser.
> |
> | Actually, it appears to be a shit not only to me:
> | http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8361
> |
> | I recommend it to be thrown out of window and replaced with a 
> mailing list. You
> | can organize e-mails in mailboxes the same way as bugzilla allows 
> organizing
> | bugreports. And, unlikely of Bugzilla, I can receive up to 100MB 
> attachments on
> | my mailbox without problems.
>
> Bug tracking and management systems are operated by people, and
> that sophistication (complexity) you see is there for reasons.
> Reason #1 is that a collection of emails filed into folders is
> not an adequate bug tracking and management system. Jitterbug
> works that way, and I have to admit it sucks on many levels. I'm
> just too busy to change over.
>
> If you have a problem with the Bugzilla that PCB folks are using,
> then tough for you. The people on the busy side of that system are
> all volunteers trying to work in an open and transparent way, and
> are using what tools they have at hand to do that. If they were
> to resort to a pile of sticky notes walpapering a bedroom, then
> you'd have *no* access to the system.
>
> If you think you can manage the PCB bug tracking system better,
> then by all means please do. None of us developers enjoy them in
> the least, we would rather be coding and would gladly hand bug
> database management to a reliable volunteer. By all means please
> show us how stupid we are by doing our job better.
>
>
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