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Re: Bug tracking
- To: Nathan Sidwell <nathan at codesourcery dot com>
- Subject: Re: Bug tracking
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:05:38 -0700
- cc: "Martin v. Loewis" <martin at loewis dot home dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de>, gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org, mark at codesourcery dot com
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <38B66132.676C7700@codesourcery.com>you write:
> The lack of a proper bugtracking system is hampering the GCC effort. I thin
> k
> we have a good reputation for fixing bugs, reported via the list, but it
> is rather haphazzard and does result in lost bugs. We also
> have the risk of multiply fixing the same bug, rather than just one of
> us marking it as `I'm working on it'. I noticed the ease-of-use
> competition (http://software-carpentry.codesourcery.com/) has a bug-trackin
> g
> theme - can we wait that long? (I think not).
GNATs is installed on the gcc machine just waiting for people to start using
it. Feel free.
I think you'll find it handles stuff via the web or email, no size
limitations,
backing store is plaintext files with directories, etc. It's simple, but
effective.
jeff