RE: [PHP-QA] Is a new bug reporting system needed?

At 05:42 PM 7/1/00 +0300, Andi Gutmans wrote: >At 01:37 PM 6/30/00 -0600, Jason wrote: [snip] >>It seems to me from what I've read the the real problem is a lack of people >>willing to work on squashing and verifying bugs. I'm not so sure that the >>system needs to be completly changed. I like a previous idea of modifying >>the system to allow us to view bug reports and possibly close duplicates and >>bogus reports. It might be a good idea to help screen them as well. If >>someone submits a really vague report, then we could help gather info so the >>developers don't have to do it. I think changing the system would be pretty >>time consuming and it doesn't seem to work all that bad. >> >>Jason > >I agree with Jason. The main problem is the lack of people going through >the bugs database. >Not that I am against using a different system if it is better but I don't >see that as the main issue or problem we are having currently. The main >issue is lack of man power. After having the weekend to think things over, I suppose that doing the simplest steps to get to our end goal is probably best. If we can organize enough people to start the QA effort, then we can worry about bug tracking systems, regression tests, etc.. later The biggest problem seems to be too many open bugs - as many people have suggested, perhaps we should just focus on getting those cleared up. - Zak