Re: Choice of bug tracker

[Philip Kaludercic]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:16:09 +0300
>> Cc: philipk@posteo.net, danny@dfreeman.email, stefankangas@gmail.com,
>>  emacs-devel@gnu.org, manuel.uberti@inventati.org
>> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev>
>> 
>> > The problem from my POV was that alternatives were researched, the
>> > results of the research were published and discussed, the downsides
>> > identified, and then the process stalled, perhaps because people got
>> > disappointed by the deficiencies.
>> 
>> Last time we produced this overblown list which mixed necessities with 
>> nice-to-haves: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/28152
>
> That list is just our reference and a repository of ideas that came up
> in the discussions.  The real requirements are simpler:
>
>   . we must have support for feature we have now on debbugs

We count the fact that everything can everything can be done via Email
as a feature, right?

>   . we should decide which additional features are the absolute
>     minimum to justify the switch (those which will attract
>     contributors, make feedback easier, and help people who are more
>     used to PR-type workflow)
>   . all the other features that debbugs doesn't have are a bonus, but
>     not hard requirements