As the title says, I'm starting one project right now, and trying to layout the infrastructure for the project (SVN, Email, Bug tracking, Online Forums, etc...)
So, Bugzilla or Mantis?
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You could try Redmine. It gives you repo access, trackers, forums, wiki, calendar - in one place.
Marcin Gil
2008-11-27 10:30:35
It looks like a beta port of trac to ruby. If you aren't a ruby partisan, it probably isn't the best. I do like the integrated forums, but they look so bad I'd probably just install a copy of something else and be done. Can't wait to see what its like in a year or so.
Andrew Backer
2009-02-03 00:52:34
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I have used both and didn't like them at all, I prefer Track, thou if you really need to choose between those two I'd go for Bugzilla The integration for TRAC with subversion is real good (have a look at Assembla to see how the integration works )
Trac is also open source and its pretty simple to add new reports and stuff like that.
Miau
2008-11-27 10:34:06
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Bugzilla is bigger, a larger community, more features, more power ... for that reason I've always prefered mantis ;) Mantis is as ugly as sin but for most projects it gives you what you need in a simple and intuative way.
If you have a large team, a big QA department and all the rest bugzillia may be a better fit. Small team that just needs to get stuff done - then mantis is probably better imo.
The biggest feature missing from mantis (they may have added it since, this was a few years ago) is the reports feature so you can track progress with nice line and pie charts. However, I just wrote a simple PHP script to pull out the data and manually created them in excell each week (only took 5 minutes or so). Not great but functionally sufficient for what we needed at the time.
However there online demos of both so I suggest you try them out and pick what suits you the best.
HTH
Gwaredd
2008-11-27 10:38:16
There is some reporting in newer mantis versions. I don't know how it compares, since I never managed to get bugzilla set up.
Marco van de Voort
2009-05-22 07:16:01
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I think you'll find that your team will like either Trac or Redmine more than Bugzilla or Mantis. Both integrate nicely with Subversion. Both include wiki, forums, project management features...
Quick overview:
Trac: Very widely used and loved, written in python, huge community, lots of "plugins". A common complaint is that it doesn't support multiple projects out-of-the-box, but you can add a plugin to help with that.
Redmine: Written in RubyOnRails. Like Trac, but more complete out of the box. The authors or Redmine are trying to create a better Trac than Trac.
If you are interested in what others searching for bug trackers have written, comparing trackers to each other, I've put some links together here:
http://ifdefined.com/blog/post/2007/10/Links-to-other-comparisons-of-issue-trackers.aspx
If you on Windows, which I'm guessing you aren't, then also consider BugTracker.NET, an easy-to-use, very configurable bug tracking system in .NET/MS SQL Server. (Disclaimer: I'm the author).
Corey Trager
2008-11-27 11:43:23
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Another vote for Trac -- dead simple to get going, nice web-based view into your repository, etc.
genehack
2008-11-27 14:17:15
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I've used Bugzilla & Mantis and I prefer the simplicity of Mantis. It can't do everything that Bugzilla can, but I remember fighting with Bugzilla a lot more. Mantis is the kind of thing you can setup once then leave.
Mark Ingram
2008-11-27 14:23:41
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I have extensively used Bugzilla (default for projects at work) but Mantis gets my vote for easy setup and use.
Gerhard
2008-12-11 12:14:23
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Guys,
Your topic is very interesting and actual for me as I am choosing management software for new project.
Please advise what software is better for me to have the following features:
- Ability to save and track planned tasks for developers by time and days. So I will be able to see when any of the tasks is expected to be done.
- Ability to see who and how many time in the past worked on some project and task
- Ability to see free human resources at any time for definite day in the furure.
- Most likely occupation will be shown on calendar.
I worked with bugzilla. It does not allow mentioned features.
As for now I see my choise between Mantis, Trac and Redmine.
I will be happy if you reject some of them or advice one that fits my needs the best.
Thank you in advance.
Another less important question is "is it important to have wiki and svn integrated?". I worked with bugzilla/wiki/svn separately and it was good. I dont understand the advantages of integration.
for that level of management, I recommend commercial solutions - either OnTime from http://www.axosoft.com/ (Windows) or Jira
Andy Dent
2009-02-03 01:17:16
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Mantis is great and very easy to setup
I have been using it for about 3 years
It has the following problems.
There is a 2 Meg limit on the file size that you can store in issue. This becomes a problem when you want to include screen shots of the problem.
If two people update the issue at the same time - Someone will lose data
Charles Faiga
2008-12-31 17:34:00
Are you sure that the 2MB limit is due to Mantis, since by default PHP has a 2MB limit on uploads, and this Mantis is written in PHP, this will therefore affect Mantis. You can try changing the setting in PHP.ini for the upload size and that may solve the problems you are having with it.
Pervez Choudhury
2009-01-23 19:52:11
yes, 2mb is just a PHP default. what's good about mantis - you can configure it to store files either directly in the DB or in the file system.
webwesen
2009-02-07 00:07:45
You can also choose an FTP option which would allow you to store files on a separate FTP server without requiring disk access to that location. The Mantis default file size limit out of the box is 5MB and the config files include a warning to check php.ini.
Andy Dent
2009-03-20 08:27:11
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Choosing the right bug tracker requires that you know who is going to use it (and how it is going to be used). I've used Bugzilla and Mantis and found Bugzilla better from a technical point of view but Mantis wins if some of your bug reporters are not programmers / not programmer minded. Its interface is less 'threatening' for a novice bugtracker user.
If you are going to have a private bugtracker you also need to consider the options it gives you to specify who is allowed to view/edit etc.
Simon Groenewolt
2009-01-01 18:03:00
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I've heard good things about fogbugz but have yet to find an opportunity to use it. http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBUGZ/
Akrikos
2009-01-13 18:17:56
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Mantis definitely wins on usability grounds over Bugzilla.
In particular, it is just a lot faster to log bugs on Mantis. Time to log bugs is a blocker for some people - I've heard it used as an excuse for not logging them, fixing them and pretending there was never a bug to fix (symptomatic of deeper team problems).
It wasn't until a client (currently using Basecamp, bleah!) canned the idea of Mantis because it wasn't pretty enough that I realised some people (as noted above) think it is ugly.
Compared to Bugzilla or another system we tried implementing, some weird European thing, Mantis is gorgeous.
I know Mantis scales well - a friend used it for the production of the movie Happy Feet. He customised it by adding one extra field to provide another level of categorisation.
Andy Dent
2009-02-03 01:14:19
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I've used bugzilla for a while, but Redmine get my vote. easy setup, very very intuitive.
rafasmart
2009-10-27 15:14:33