On Aug 25, 2008, at 21:04, Glynn Foster wrote: > > On 26/08/2008, at 3:24 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: > >> Note that this was already discussed by the OGB and modified somewhat >> - Glynn or I will be updating the proposal to reflect that. We expect >> to vote on it some time in the next two meetings (probably next >> Monday). >> >> On Aug 25, 2008, at 15:16, Peter Tribble wrote: >> >>> Using bugzilla seems both unnatural and unnecessarily heavyweight. >>> >>> Why not have a simple web form someplace that has the correct boxes >>> so that >>> the applicant automatically gets to fill in the right data. >>> Expecting people to >>> magically fill a bug report in the correct form won't work. >> >> So you're saying that rather than using the workflow tool we already >> have installed, configured and in use by the Opensolaris community we >> should look for a volunteer to design and implement a new one? Sorry, >> I disagree. > > The reality is that it could be anything other than bugzilla, but it > does need some sort of tracking. The way we've been going on with up > until now seems a little too ad-hoc to me (though it could just be > that any communities/projects that I've personally created haven't > gone through some tracking process).
As long as someone is willing to procure, design, install, commission and manage that alternative, I agree completely. But given we need workflow and not just a mailing list, and given we have an existing workflow tool that can be trivially adapted to work, I think Bugzilla wins :-) S.
