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CVS, Bug Tracker, Line of Development for In-Portal in CVS, Open Source Server

CVS, Bug Tracker, Line of Development for In-Portal in CVS, Open Source Server

Sep 19, 2015

Imported From: http://groups.google.com/group/in-portal-org/browse_thread/thread/58b0399908af4675#

We have 4 main topics to discuss:

CVS 

There are a MUST things for Open Source Software:

  • Provide for ALL users to be able to Checkout the project from CVS, but LIMIT Commits and Checkout of other projects. Quick sample - http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/scmsvn/?action=browse&path=%2Fdevelopment%2F . This requires clean and well structured CVS structure so developers are NOT getting turned down by unnecessary complexity of dealing with development.
  • CVS Cop - to limit access and require Comments on COMMIT + other add-ons.
  • CVS Spam so all subscribed to Development users receive New commits as soon as they occur. Emails contain nicely put Diffs. We already utilizing this on current prod.
  • Other CVS tools (to integrate with Wiki and Bug Tracker) like CVS History, CVS Graph ( http://www.akhphd.au.dk/~bertho/cvsgraph/#example ) and so on.

Considered options: 

  • Create new CVS Repository for Open Source with In-Portal and all modules.
  • Migrate to SVN.
  • Propose yours!

Bug Tracker 

Main requirements for Open Source Community to simplify the development and increase the interest - We must be 100% transparent to the user. Visible activity in our Development is our key to success in Open Source Community.

Beside standard features like User and Project management, Reporting/updating and assigning bugs, sending emails.

IMPORTANT are:

  • Integration with Wiki and CVS when changes in CVS are saved in correct bug and vice versa.
  • Versioning for Multiple Lines of Development.
  • Auto Mass-mailing to all users in the project on any update.
  • Monitor Issue and Watch User.
  • Patch Viewer - gives you a nice, colorful view of any patch attached to a bug. It also integrates CVS. In particular, it makes code review much easier.

Considered Options: 

  • In-Business
  • Mantis
  • Bugzilla

Things that Bugzilla does better:

Your comments please. 

Open Source Server

We need to decide where do we setup the server or it's virtual host.