Issue tracking, etc. (was: FOSDEM talk and possible version release)

[Ben Cotton]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:54 PM, Richard Fontana
<fontana(a)sharpeleven.org&gt; wrote:
>   In any case the issue remains in the nonexistent issue tracker.
>  
While I don't hold the same position, I understand the objection of
some who are opposed to using GitHub. Still, it seems the lack of an
accepted issue tracker is a bit of a problem for us. At least some
people seem to be using the GitHub tracker[1] currently, so can we
consider that the official issue tracker until someone presents a more
acceptable alternative?

If someone wants to donate a small server somewhere, I expect there's
sufficient skill on this list that we could run our own infrastructure
(git repo, issue tracker of some kind, wiki(?), and mailing list) so
as to be free of non-free providers and to be off the Fedora
infrastructure, as Richard has previously said is a goal.

[1] https://github.com/richardfontana/copyleft-next/issues


-- 
Ben Cotton

[Richard Fontana]

On 01/18/2013 09:40 AM, Ben Cotton wrote:
>  On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:54 PM, Richard Fontana
>  <fontana(a)sharpeleven.org&gt; wrote:
> >  In any case the issue remains in the nonexistent issue tracker.
> >
>  While I don't hold the same position, I understand the objection of
>  some who are opposed to using GitHub. Still, it seems the lack of an
>  accepted issue tracker is a bit of a problem for us. At least some
>  people seem to be using the GitHub tracker[1] currently, so can we
>  consider that the official issue tracker until someone presents a more
>  acceptable alternative? 
That's fine with me. (In fact I remember planning to say this in the
CONTRIBUTING.md file but I guess I never got around to it.) I'm still
planning on looking into a git-based issue tracking solution as was
once or twice discussed by Bradley. (Bradley might have further
comments in six months or so when ....)

>  If someone wants to donate a small server somewhere, I expect
> there's
>  sufficient skill on this list that we could run our own infrastructure
>  (git repo, issue tracker of some kind, wiki(?), and mailing list) so
>  as to be free of non-free providers and to be off the Fedora
>  infrastructure, as Richard has previously said is a goal. 
I've recently had the same thought, following that discussion about
gitorious vs. github - before asking for help from others though I
might make an initial attempt to do some of this myself (partly for
the personal skill-acquisition value).


>  
>  [1] https://github.com/richardfontana/copyleft-next/issues
>  
>

[Ben Cotton]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Richard Fontana
<fontana(a)sharpeleven.org&gt; wrote:
>  I've recently had the same thought, following that discussion
> about
>  gitorious vs. github - before asking for help from others though I
>  might make an initial attempt to do some of this myself (partly for
>  the personal skill-acquisition value). 
I haven't supported any of these specific services myself, but I have
a fair amount of sysadmin experience on the resume. I'd be happy to
volunteer my efforts where needed.



-- 
Ben Cotton