Re: Overhauling the bugtracker project

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Brett Bieber<brett.bieber@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been looking through the Bugtracker project, examining the > feasibility of using it for PEAR2, and it seems like a lot of work > would need to be done to use it with a site that does not have roots > in phpbugs or pearweb. > Currently it is difficult to change how the bugtracker interacts with > the site/project/package it's collecting bugs for. If I want to > customize how my site functions I have to add in if ($site=='pear2') … > at every instance where info about a package is gathered. Currently > there are quite a few similar checks for if $site=='php', because a > lot of pecl/pear package specifics don't apply to php bugs. > > Within the bug system, there are two main parts that talk to each > other. The project site hosting the bugtracker, and the bugs > themselves. > > I've no real problem with the bugs db or the forms, but I do have some > problems with the expectations of what the bugtracker considers a > site, package, releases etc and would like to handle this all myself. > So I'm proposing revamping quite a bit of the functions.inc file. > Moving everything related to the bugs to a class Bugtracker, and > everything related to the site/project as a class that implements > interface Bugtracker_Site. > > Then we would have one class for each of the sites, PECL, PEAR, PHP, > PEAR2, and each of these would have the details of what the site > considers a valid package, pseudo package, etc. PEAR and PECL are so > similar one could extend the other, and I could supply all the details > for PEAR2 as I see fit. > > I've started some work on this, and I have a patch that just scratches > the surface. But, before I go much further I'd like to know if the > leads think this is the correct direction to go. Any feedback would be > appreciated as well. Basically I want to know if I can make the > modifications I need for using the Bugtracker with PEAR2, or if I > should start my own project using the same schema. > > Thanks, > > -- > Brett Bieber > Hi, IMHO it's a great idea. It's a nice way to avoid things like if($site == "foo") and make it possible for the system to be extended in a much more flexible way. I liked it. If Jani and Philip agree, I can focus on it with you Brett. -- Felipe Ribeiro