Bug Tracking for Windows and SVN

+6 A:

Trac: It is not a Microsoft technology but will integrate well into SVN. There are not many free bug tracking software's that are free on Microsoft technology.

CodeToGlory 2009-08-03 16:06:15

Trac, while not MS stack worked great for me integrating with SVN. I used a hosted plan that provided trac and svn. I liked it. I have since used only Fogbugz, but would go back to trac if financial needs forced me to do so.

Tim 2009-08-03 16:11:53

A:

Try Bugzilla.

Is free
I do not know if integrates with SVN... but I suppose the answer is YES.
Runs on Windows - you must set up few components, but it actually runs prety well on IIS, however installation is a bit tricky. Bugzilla is Perl and MySQL. However, as I said I had installed succesfully Bugzilla on Windows 2003. Installation of MySql and Perl does not take a lot of server resources - we had those two on our ASP.NET + MSSQL test server, and no performacne drop had been observed.
Works with distributed team.

smok1 2009-08-03 16:06:34

Thanks for the suggestion, but those external dependencies were a real negative for me. I decided to go with Jira for the completely integrated installation experience with no external dependencies. Jira runs on Tomcat+JRE but everything is bundled into one setup package, it is as easy as falling off a log. Also, Jira supports my existing SQL Server infrastructure and doesn't force me to install a whole new database server for some quasi-religious agenda. I hate it when the tail wags the dog. Jira works well, it works with my systems and it is self-contained.

Tim Long 2009-10-04 17:52:58

+3 A:

Trac
Redmine

Romain Verdier 2009-08-03 16:08:08

I personally like Redmine over Trac because of the ability to have multiple projects in the same installation, but that may not apply in this question's situation.

scwagner 2009-08-03 16:20:25

+2 A:

JIRA is free for open source projects and will run on Windows. Subversion integration is available and provided through a plugin.

jweber 2009-08-03 16:14:43

[JetBrains](http://www.jetbrains.com/) uses JIRA for their publiclly accessible bug tracking system. From an end user perspective, its a great product.

Justin Dearing 2009-08-03 16:36:03

I'm accepting this as my preferred answer because Jira has a no-brainer self-contained install, works on Windows, has an SVN plugin supported by the vendor and does have free licenses for open-source projects. I'm still uncertain whether they will accept _our_ open source licens as it is not one of teh officially recognised ones, although it is very similar to the MIT license.

Tim Long 2009-09-07 11:35:17

Another thing I liked about Jira is that it lets me use my Microsoft SQL 2005 server as the back-end database and doesn't force me to install MySQL. The installation is self-contained and very clean.

Tim Long 2009-09-07 11:40:54

Good news, Atlassian accepted my request for an open-source license, so this option has worked out well for me.

Tim Long 2009-09-11 01:53:05

JIRA is a bit an overkill and kinda feels little bit clunky.

jpartogi 2009-10-02 06:00:43

+1 A:

Try InDefero, you can even get the hosted way for free if your project is not that big in size.

Loïc d'Anterroches 2009-08-04 20:18:32

This seemed like a good product but I had no end of problems with the registration/login. When creating a new hosted system, the confirmation email never arrived. If I were going to use this system, I would not use the hosted option - but then the on-premise option doesn't run on Windows. But, +1 for a good suggestion, others may have better luck with it.

Tim Long 2009-09-07 11:37:58

+1 A:

Artifacts might suit you - keeps data in Subversion, works on Windows, integrated with Visual Studio. And there are free licenses for open-source projects.

Those developers who don't have Pro version can install the free Visual Studio Shell Integrated and have Artifacts + VisualSVN in it.

Fyodor Sheremetyev 2009-10-02 05:52:36

That's an interesting concept, thanks for posting that. However, we've already started using Jira, thanks to the free open source license we were given by Atlassian (thanks Atlassian!) and I must say it is working out pretty well for us. It's somewhat heavyweight to install and configure but does the job perfectly.

Tim Long 2009-10-04 17:45:46

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