Hi Ciro, Thanks for the input! The PMC weighed the options for many different issue tracker providers and decided to go with Jira due to its larger feature set. The main reason we didn't go with GitHub issues is the worry that it would cause confusion that GitHub was the main place for issues, but not for code review (or code). The other, more minor, reason we didn't go with GitHub is that I have not had good experience using it for complex projects. In fact, I'd say that about GitHub tools in general. They're great for a small project or a small team, but they do not scale well to 100s of contributors and 100's of thousands of lines of code.
We're always open to feedback. It took a while, but we did finally act on your request for a bug tracker! Now that we have more sustained resources, we should be able to provide more community support as well. Please let us know if you have other ideas! Cheers, Jason On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 11:25 AM Ciro Santilli <ciro.santi...@arm.com> wrote: > Thanks for setting this up, it is a huge improvement to the project. > > I would recommend using GitHub issues at https://github.com/gem5/gem5 > instead (currently disabled) because many more people will be familiar with > it, more people already have an account there, the Google Pagerank will > likely be higher, it would keep "(a mirror of) the code closer to the > issues", does not require "explicitly applying to Atlassian for having a > free instance", and because the simplicity of the system tends to make it > better suited for open source projects. > > I would also recommend, if possible, that such project choices be > discussed publicly on the dev mailing list before a decision is made. While > the management committee has the final word, and was presumably involved, > it might be good to get a feel for how the community in general feels about > the possibilities. > > In any case, any bug tracking system is better than none, and already a > huge improvement, thanks a lot. > ________________________________ > From: gem5-dev <gem5-dev-boun...@gem5.org> on behalf of Bobby Bruce < > bbr...@ucdavis.edu> > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 6:40 PM > To: gem5-dev@gem5.org <gem5-dev@gem5.org> > Subject: [gem5-dev] Introducing the gem5 Jira Issue Tracking System > > Dear all, > > I’m happy to announce the new gem5 Jira issue tracking system: > https://gem5.atlassian.net .In the spirit of gem5's open, collaborative > philosophy, this is publicly facing instance; allowing anyone to view and > creates issues. > > At UC Davis, we've been using Jira for about two weeks now and are happy > with what the current setup offers. I'm aware some on this mailing are more > familiar with Jira than us, so I'd be happy to hear feedback on how to > better setup and configure it. Please feel free to "play around" with Jira > for a while to see what it's capable of and what may be improved. > > From now on, https://gem5.atlassian.net should be the first-stop for those > reporting bugs in gem5. Though discussions on the gem5-dev mailing list are > fine, we would appreciate it if bugs, big or small, could be logged in Jira > so they may be triaged and scheduled for fixing in the current or later > releases of gem5. > > Likewise, we are more than happy for suggested improvements and new > features to be added as tasks. Even those that may seem small and trivial > are worthwhile adding. At UC Davis we are beginning to redirect students, > keen to contribute to gem5, to Jira and have them allocate themselves > tasks. Therefore, easy, introductory tasks are beneficial. > > It would be appreciated if those who frequently contribute to gem5 could > browse the Jira instance regularly, use it to notify others of what they > are working on (by assigning themselves tasks), and share knowledge through > the system (we find that commenting on tasks is a good way to share > knowledge). > > As a final note, I wish to take this opportunity to thank Atlassian for > their generous support of gem5, and the open source community in general. > > Kind regards, > Bobby > > -- > Dr. Bobby R. Bruce > Room 2235, > Kemper Hall, UC Davis > Davis, > CA, 95616 > _______________________________________________ > gem5-dev mailing list > gem5-dev@gem5.org > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev > _______________________________________________ > gem5-dev mailing list > gem5-dev@gem5.org > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev _______________________________________________ gem5-dev mailing list gem5-dev@gem5.org http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev
