====== Bug & Feature wish tracking ======

===== Current situation =====

Currently, we don't have a bug tracking system. :-) We used at one point the one of Savannah but it is not very convenient to use (too slow). In any case, if you have a bug or a feature wish to submit, the simplest thing to do is to send an email to [[demexp-dev@non-gnu.org]] mailing list and we'll add it to the relevant wiki page.

===== In the future =====

We need to change that for the future.

==== What we would like to have ====

We need to fulfill following requirements:
  * a simple way for the wide public to submit bugs, etheir through a web interface (mandatory) or with emails (optionnaly);
  * a simple way for the wide public and developers to browse the bug & feature wish database and add comments, more information, etc.;
  * an **efficient** way for the developer to manage bugs, review them, classify them, etc.

Those three points could be accomplished by different interconnected systems or a single one. 

When deploying a new system, we need to take into account our system constraints on RAS or linux-france.org.

==== Available bug tracking systems ====

  * [[http://www.bugzilla.org/|Bugzilla]] Only web interface.

  * [[http://www.mantisbt.org/|Mantis]] PHP/MySQL. Only web interface.

  * [[http://www.panoramicfeedback.com/opensource/|Bugs Everywhere]] A decentralized system, where bugs are stored in a text database. An extension is available for Mercurial (cf. [[http://www.selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial/2006-May/008005.html|this email]]);

  * [[http://roundup.sourceforge.net/|Roundup]] Interesting list of [[http://roundup.sourceforge.net/doc-1.0/features.html|features]]. Apparently, can be easily deployed with only Python (available on lfo's tuxinette machine) but can also support a real database backend. Web, email and command line interfaces.

  * [[http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=demexp|Savannah bug system]] Can be reasonnably configured but very slow. Only web interface.