[Hamara-devel] should we switch over to bugzilla 5.0 ?

[shirish]

addition at bottom :-

On Wednesday 02 September 2015 07:28 PM, shirish wrote:
> at bottom :-
>
> On Wednesday 02 September 2015 04:25 PM, Vikas Tara wrote:
>> On 02/09/15 11:19, Anant wrote:
>>> Please suggest me, what we need to do.
>> We have not used testopia at all - would suggest removing it altogether
>> and then trying the upgrade.
>>
>> I don't think we really need it do we?
>>
>
> Went through the bug that Anant shared. AFAIK testoptia is an optional
> plug-in. I do know and remember that was talk of people writing
> test-cases and running them.
>
> I would suggest we go for it, just need to mail a statement that we
> would be upgrading bugzilla and hence bugzilla instance would be down
> for sometime and once it's up, sharing the same and asking people to
> mail if they come across any issues.
>
> Incidentally, at the first time I was going through bugzilla, I had
> wondered why bugzilla is not in Debian and then saw #638705 and #669643
> in the debian BTS.
>
> There could be a case of debian-packaging bugzilla 5 as well if hamara
> wants to go for it, it would be a real contribution to Debian and could
> be considered once bugzilla has been updated on our own server.
>
> The two main features that would come are with the new version are :-
>
> a. Being able to see number of recent bugs filed at a glance (so we know
> which new bugs were filed and when.)
>
> b. Being able to mail replies to bugzilla instead of having to go to the
> relevant page. So people like me who like mail interfaces better rather
> than bugzilla pages could do it from one interface.
>
> Look forward to seeing the new version on hamara server soonish.
>

There is another bug or thing I had been wanting to do, document our 
bugzilla instance on the wiki. At the very least, share some of the 
components and how they relate to one another and how a new 
user/developer could be part of hamara.

There may be some interface differences between the two versions hence 
am awaiting the new version so that I could do it.

As has been easy, the wiki can easily become staleish as needs constant 
watch.

Anyways, looking forward to see the new version in Debian.
-- 
Regards,
Shirish Agarwal,
Community Lead,
Hamaralinux.org