[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#16811) Issue tracking system for Freeciv

["Jason Dorje Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16811 >

Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16811 >
> 
> On Thu, 4 May 2006, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa wrote:
>>>> Incoming email seems to me to be a very crucial feature for a bug
>>>> tracker.  I don't understand how anyone can choose a bug tracker that
>>>> doesn't have it over one that does.
>>> My guess is that people today are just so used to the web, things like
>>> Usenet or mailing-lists are going the way of the dodo. Being replaced
>>> by blogs, forums and whatnot.
>> I remembered another thing. Not having incoming email may actually be good 
>> for
>> several reasons:
>> * less spam.
> 
> It has been very neat to be able to send new tickets as email to RT. 
> However, this feature has become less and less useful as the amount of 
> spam has increased, and we, or at least I, have become more careful not to 
> post the (real) email address to RT in public.

That is true.  Without any spam blocking, allowing new tickets to be 
created through email leads to a hideous number of spam tickets.

Honestly I don't care what bug tracker we use.  Whatever is there, I 
will use it.

What bug tracker software does debian use?  I only use it as a bug 
reporter, but it seems rather convenient...

-jason