Re: Using GNATS to track GCC patches

[Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 03:52:53PM +1300, Bryce McKinlay wrote:
> status changes etc. GNATS gives you no options here, which I have always 
> hated. The bugzilla interface is much faster to navigate and more 
> refined than the clunky GNATSweb, so I would argue there is less need 
> for an email admin interface anyway.

Structured email messages are easier to generate automatically (e.g.,
from scripts) than HTTP requests.  For those of us who grew up in the
Old School, using email commands can be far more productive then clicking
through a web interface.

Having said that, I'll add my vote for replacing GNTAS with... oh heck,
just about anything.  The few times I've used Bugzilla it was pretty nice
(although that initial bug submission form is a tad intimidating, and it
requires users to create an "account").

The system that Debian uses is very nice; for example, rather than sending
follow-on data to a general email address and using a special string in
the Subject line (a la foo/1234), in Debian you just send to the PR number
(1234@bugs.blahblahblah.blah).


Phil

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