[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, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa <vasco.costa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5/4/06, Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16811 >
> >
> > Kevin Benton wrote:
> > > <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16811 >
> > >
> > >> [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.

I remembered another thing. Not having incoming email may actually be good for
several reasons:
* less spam.
* users can be convinced into providing more info in mandatory fields,
like OS or
  version, while an e-mail is totally free form.

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa