[Clipart] Bug tracker now available

[Bryce Harrington]

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Nicu Buculei wrote:
> Bryce Harrington wrote:
> > Thanks to daniels setting up our database, we now have a bug tracker.  
> > I've added a link to it from the openclipart.org navigation bar.
> > 
> > Please register an account (or use anonymous/anonymous) and give it a
> > try.  Let me know of any problems you run into.
> 
> in 'Report Bug' page the 'Category' drop-down is empty. we should have 
> here probably some categories like:
> - website (or split in two, website layout and website scripts)
> - keyword list
> - repository
> - tools
> 
> can those categories be used in order to assign default owners? example: 
> say i want to report a bug in upload_svg.cgi. placing it in the correct 
> category can assign it to Jondab and notice him without the need to mail 
> to the list?

I don't think we want to have them automatically assigned.  Often new
bugs are mis-categorized, so it's useful to have them unassigned by
default, so someone can review them and assign them to the right
person.  Plus, based on my experience in Inkscape, often the person that
fixes the bug is not always the lead maintainer of the area, and if the
bugs are marked 'unassigned', then that's a clear indication that
someone else can grab it.  Once it's assigned to someone, that suggests
"hands off, this one's mine".
 
> note: i don't have used Mantis before but assume some similarities with 
> Bugzilla

*Nod*  Certainly looks inspired.  This is also my first time using
Mantis.  It was highly recommended by Scribus.  I'm hoping it works out,
because it looks easier to configure than Bugzilla and of higher
functionality than the SF tracker.

Bryce