Just to prevent confusion, I am using the term "free" as the FSF defines it: http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html. I am aware that JIRA is provided at *no cost* to Apache but it is certainly not free software.
I have nothing against JIRA; it's probably a fine product. I just find it more interesting to support other free software projects while working on code at Apache. David --- Sean Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would agree that the recent improvements in Bugzilla were definitely > a step in the right direction. In particular I like how you can make > an old attachment obsolete by adding a new one. > > JIRA is available free to open source projects so I don't consider > using JIRA to be going against open source. I would also argue that > JIRA is more than just a pretty interface. The functionality is a lot > smoother. > > That being said I can understand why you guys want to keep supporting > Bugzilla and stick with it. No worries. I was just wondering if > anyone had considered it. > > sean > > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:15:44 -0600, Joe Germuska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Last time this came up, several committers expressed a preference for > > using free software (Bugzilla), understanding that JIRA provides free > > licenses to Open Source projects. > > > > I think JIRA is great, but I also think recent improvements to the > > Apache Bugzilla installation have made me much happier with it than I > > was last time this came up. > > > > Joe > > > > > > At 10:54 AM -0500 1/28/05, Sean Schofield wrote: > > >I was just curious if any of the struts developers had thought about > > >moving from Bugzilla to JIRA? We're using JIRA on MyFaces and its in > > >use for a lot of other Apache projects as well. We're also moving to > > >JIRA at my workplace. > > > > > >Anyways, I personally think its a vast improvement over Bugzilla. > > >Just thought I would throw the idea out there. This message is *not* > > >to be construed as an offer to volunteer to perform the migration :-) > > > > > >sean > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > Joe Germuska > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://blog.germuska.com > > "Narrow minds are weapons made for mass destruction" -The Ex > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
