RE: Dedicated kernel bug database

Heater, Daniel (Daniel.Heater@gefanuc.com)
Thu, 19 Dec 2002 16:04:13 -0500


>
> > > In any case, people could take the kernel bug database, and
> > > genericify it, much more easily than somebody could
> tailor an existing
> > > bug tracking application to the needs of the kernel, (which is
> > > demonstrated by the fact that the developers are not
> getting Bugzilla
> > > reports).
> >
> > Perhaps, but I'm not convinced that it would be easier to
> write a kernel
> > bug database from scratch than it would be to improve an existing
> > project to address the kernel's needs. And _that_ is what we were
> > discussing.
>
> Ah, well no wonder we're not agreeing :-), I actually saw the
> re-writing from scratch as being easier :-).
>
> Maybe I am just in the minority in that I don't find Bugzilla
> intuitive.

I'm in that minority with you then...

However, there may be an existing system that's *closer* to the needs of the
kernel than bugzilla.

I was looking at this the other day for my companies purposes. These two
looked
promising to me, but I have not gotten around to trying them.

http://www.bestpractical.com/rt//

http://myrapid.com/webcall/
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