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

["Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa" <vasco.costa@xxxxxxxxx>]

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

On 5/4/06, Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16811 >
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> Kevin Benton wrote:
> > <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16811 >
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> >> [jdorje@xxxxxxxxx - Wed May 03 03:37:51 2006]:
> >>
> >> RT is pretty much the worst bug tracker.  Except for all the other ones.
> >>
> >> Does bugzilla have an email interface?
> >
> > Yes/no.  It does email bug updates to people based on their individual
> > email prefs and whether or not they're related to a bug.  People who
> > make updates to bugs go to the UI.  There are a few people working on an
> > incoming email interface for Bugzilla, however.  There is one in the
> > contrib directory, but it's not supported.
>
> 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.

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa