On 8/9/06, Jonas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
For bugtracking I see two alternatives: Mantis or Trac.
Mantis is a bugtracker only, but is more capable from start then Trac.
Trac otoh has more features to group collaboration, such as timeline and
roadmap. As for Wiki, we have our own. Both can be integrated with SVN,
Trac has it from start, Mantis with a little bit of configuration. What
this means is that one can add tags, i.e. "issue #123", in the message
when one checks in code to the SVN repository to have the log message to
show up as a note in bug #123 in the bugtracker. I think it's even
possible to close bugs using such tags.
Hey, this is good!
Anyhow, before making a decission one should have some experience with the
two, so I have set up an installation of each at my server. There's also a
SVN repository from a dump of the tools I made a couple of months ago.
Addresses are:
http://karlsson.sytes.net/gobolinux/mantis
http://karlsson.sytes.net/gobolinux/trac
http://karlsson.sytes.net/svn/gobolinux
You have to guess which address leads to which tool by touself ;)
Sign up for an account and have a look around. The admin username/password
for the bugtrackers are: gobo/gobo&fibo
There's one issue with the login on Trac and that is that one cannot log
out. To log out one has to clear the session cookies or alternativly close
the webbrowser window.
Thanks for doing that! I'm playing with them here, and these are my impressions:
Trac:
- The wiki is very nice, and can be used to separate documentation
(which should be on the current wiki at gobolinux.org/kb) from
roadmaps and bug reports on specific tools (which should be addressed
fine by Trac's Wiki).
- Nice SVN integration!
- The names aren't that intuitive. I needed to take a time until I
figured that in order to fill a bug I should click in "New Ticket". Is
that name customizable?
- On "View Tickets", there's no information on how many bugs have been
filled on each entry ("total" / "new" numbers should be nice).
Mantis:
- Its main page goes directly to the point, which is good IMHO.
- I wasn't able to confirm my account after creating it in the admin
url (got an "APPLICATION ERROR #1901"). Might have been a problem in
my side, though.
- Very good admin interface to create projects and assign permissions.
- When reporting a 2nd issue on a different project, it looked like
the "switch project" box was not in an optimal location. This also
applies to "view issues", I think (but don't take this as a problem).
- One wishlist feature: I haven't found any way to assign an account
to be notified when new bugs are filled. Is it possible to configure a
default account that'll always be emailed when a new bug is entered?
It's better to me to keep an eye on my mailbox than reloading the bug
tracking's interface.
My final impressions goes for Mantis. I liked it more than Trac, which
seems to be too much "generic". Mantis makes bug tracking very easy,
while keeping a similar interface to the one seen in other known bug
trackers.
And thanks again for taking your time to configure them! :-)
--
Lucas
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