I think, you are right concerning bug tracking, using professional tools. On the other hand, email is more light-weight. I look into my inbox every day, or many times a day, and it is simple to answer or discuss. I have not to open a special page and to login.
This should only be a comment... Christoph "Yoshinori K. Okuji" wrote: > > Because savannah.gnu.org added support to have a bug tracking system > per project, I think it might be easier to maintain the project, if we > shift some of the matainance work from this mailing list to > Savannah. I objected to the use of Savannah several months ago, > because it was too primitive, but it now looks excellent. > > So I made a prototype of the Bug Tracking System. You can see it via > <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group_id=68>. If you are on the list of > developers, you can see the difference between non-admin user and > admin user by logging in. The reason why I call it "a prototype" is > that the BTS is quite customizable, so we can fit it to our needs more > radically. > > If we migrate the main part of the maintenance work to Savannah, these > would happen: > > 1. Advise users to use the BTS rather than this list when they send > bug reports. > 2. Advise users to submit patches to the BTS rather than this list > when they send patches. > > I prefer the BTS to the Patch Manager, because the BTS can be used as > an alternative to the Patch Manager, and the BTS has much more features > than the Patch Manager. > > BTW, I'm not thinking of using the Support Manager, because I don't > think it is superior to communications via e-mail. > > Any comments? > > Okuji > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-grub mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub -- +--------V--------+ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | A L C A T E L | ----------------------------- +-----------------+ Phone: +43 1 27722 3706 T A S Fax: +43 1 27722 3955 _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub