related to an XEmacs BTS

[Mats Lidell]

>>>>> Stephen wrote:

Stephen> With Roundup, entry of old mailing list posts as issues is
Stephen> trivial, too.  Of course that's unlikely to give appropriate
Stephen> priority or keywords.

Roundup has both e-mail and web interface so it seem to be capable. I
haven't used it so I don't now if there are some dark corners. Are
there?

Stephen> What do you mean by "that seems essential"?  

I mean that a developer ought to be interested in the bugs that get
filed. The job of ...

Stephen> ... classify and prioritize them, identify duplicates, link
Stephen> issues to relevant mailing list threads, and close fixed,
Stephen> bogus, or unfixable issues.

... needs to be done anyway and also communicated back to the person
filing the bug and the rest of the team whatever system there is.

Stephen> However, http://www.xemacs.org/Develop/jobs.html says that
Stephen> the "patch tracker must ensure that no patch falls down a
Stephen> crack".

If there are positive results with the BTS then a patch tracker is the
next issue. ;-)

Stephen> There's a big gap between those two!  (Note that we do not
Stephen> have anything resembling an active patch tracker at the
Stephen> moment.)  When I called for volunteers, I meant I want people
Stephen> who will commit to putting effort into significantly
Stephen> narrowing that gap.

I'm afraid I don't understand.

Yours
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%% Mats