bug-tracking

Bugzilla or Mantis?

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? ...

Bug Tracker - Feature set - Comparison

Hi, I have installed and played around with a few bug tracking apps, and just wanted to get some feedback and features that a typical (or not so typical) bug tracking software has. I want to make sure I am not overlooking a feature that might come in handy. So the biggest idea is around a bug, which is associated with: Bugs - product...

Is there an equivalent to Trac written in PHP?

Is there an equivalent to Trac written in PHP? I need something that integrates with SVN and is free. It should allow me to browse the SVN source, have some kind of bug tracking and show recent changes in the SVN. A wiki isn't essential. Thanks in advance. ...

What is your experience of Devtrack?

This question covers bug tracking software in general, but I'm interested to find out more detail specifically about Devtrack. If you have first-hand experience of using it, I'd love to hear about it. How would you compare it to other bug tracking systems you know, what do you feel is good and bad about it, and why? ...

Looking for BugTracking system with wiki and forum (asp.net opensource)

We are looking for some "open source" bug tracking system in ASP.NET. If it provides wiki and forums would be great. Please suggest ...

Should we be tracking defects in things other than code?

At various times in my career I have encouraged staff I worked with and/or managed to track defects in artifacts of the development process other than source code (i.e. requirements, tests, design). Each time the request has been met with astonishment, confusion and resistance. It seems so obvious to me that I'm always a little shocked w...

Does trac support the following features?

Does Trac support 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 th...

does redmine supports the following features?

Does redmine supports 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 i...

Tools for a lone developer setup?

I'm a lone developer who would like to get some structure to my projects. My hardware setup is a laptop running windows XP and a desktop running Ubuntu that acts as a storage server. I currently use Mercurial as my source control system with my working copy of the repository stored on my laptop and clone the repository to the Ubuntu ma...

What are the core essential features of a bug tracker software?

Although there is a large set of features that a bug tracker can have I feel like it is a little overkill and was considering rolling out my own solution. With that being said I didn't want to remove any core functionality that might be used frequently with existing solutions. The ones I can think of so far: - creating bugs - assigning ...

Is there an free (or cheap) issue tracking software that allow you hide some issues to some member groups?

I need a Issue Tracking System that allow me to share information on a selective manner. I would be able to define these groups: supplier (my company) subcontractors customer Then, I would be able to define three type of permissions for issues: Issue that can be viewed only by supplier Issue that can be viewed only by supplier a...

Has anyone ever used a bugtracking system with the workflow described in "Testing Computer Software"?

In the classic Testing Computer Software, Cem Kaner et al. describe a bugtracking system similar to, but subtly different from, mainstream bugtracking systems. It has all the usual fields such as reporter, steps to reproduce etc but there are two points which I find very unusual: There are three 'Severity' levels, and five 'Priority...

What is the general opinion on AxoSoft OnTime when use for Project Management?

Managing Projects Was not marked answer and all their responses where exclusively for bug tracking. I am more interested in how it compares to other Project management software like CodeBeamer. The full Change Request, Bug, Tasks, Knowledge Mgmt (wiki), Discussion, and others. I also looked at this other question but find the same inf...

Web application platforms

I work for a small software development company and we currently lack support/bug tracking/software license software so in an effort to better ourselves and de-stress because of a lack of easily accessible information we're looking for some software. Without going into detail, our size means we work a different way to most other support/...

Bug Tracking In Windows

I'm currently employed at a finance firm as an in-house developer for a web system. Currently we have no bug tracking software apart from e-mails sent around and phone calls made to recognise that a bug does exist somewhere. I'd like to recommend to the other programmers a bug tracking system we can run alongside our subversion reposit...

Logging bugs directly from app to FogBugz

I have several WPF apps, and I want users to be able to log bugs directly from these applications into my FogBugz database. Is there any way this can be done? Also, how would I make it so that, when their case is resolved, the application tells them about it? ...

If I use GPL-Licensed bug tracking software, does the actual software I write have to be GPL as well?

I'm looking for good free bug-tracking software. I notice that some (i.e. Mantis) are GPL-licensed. Am I allowed to use Mantis to track bugs for commercial, non-GPL software that we are writing? ...

How do you get your users to report bugs using the appropriate channels?

We've got a nice (IMHO) setup where users can either use a web-based form or send e-mail to a particular e-mail address so that they can report a bug. If they do this, a record is created in the bug tracking system, and then all of the appropriate developers are notified by e-mail. Our more savvy users actually know how to use the bug ...

What is your definition of a 'Component' in a software Product?

We are working on standardizing our Bugzilla application across all projects. The default installation has bugs grouped into Products which have Components and Versions. We are united in our definitions of Product and Version but there is still some confusion/discussion/argument about what constitutes a Component. How would you define ...

Mantis Roadmap Feature

How do I enable and use the Roadmap feature in the Mantis bugtracker? I am answering this myself and I hope it will be useful to other Mantis users. Here is a discussion on the same topic. Update: As an example, here is the Mantis Roadmap for Mantis itself. ...