FOSS needs a central bug tracker

[Basil Mohamed Gohar]

On 04/22/2009 08:18 AM, Mark wrote:
>
> Ehm.. this is not a new piece of software that's going to compete with
> existing ones.
> It's a piece that will join all existing ones, offer a database where
> the existing ones "hook" in, without losing the existing ones (or
> that's what would be best if you ask me).
>
>    
How about a meta website that, for every project, can keep track of 
various bug trackers that are used for that project (for example, all 
Gnome apps are tracked both in the Gnome bugzilla as well as the Red Hat 
one, and possibly elsewhere, as well).  This site would just consume 
data from the various sources and allow someone to get a snapshot.  This 
would, of course require some modifications to all bug trackers, but in 
a way that is interoperable and freedom-friendly.

This may be what you meant, but I wanted to spell out exactly what I was 
thinking when I read it, so that there's no ambiguity.

Think of it kind of like distrowatch for general OS information, but 
specialized for bugs, and directly feeding from the bug trackers themselves.
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