Talk:Requests for comment/Overthrow Bugzilla

"A proper solution would be an inhouse bug tracker (preferrably one written in PHP, as that's what MediaWiki itself is written in). Sadly this requires a lot of researching, programmers and their time" That's okay, that's what the MediaWiki Foundation is for. Leucosticte (talk) 09:41, 28 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Or search for another bugtracker? Mantis for example (and it's properly translated into multiple languages!). --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) 20:54, 19 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Migration would be a major issue with either approach, though, and potentially more so changing from one preexisting platform to another. Not that it necessarily rules out Mantis or what have you, but it's something that needs to be considered. -— Isarra ༆ 21:24, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Why would migration be a major issue? Is it that hard to write a script to convert the data into the proper format ("format" encompassing markup, database schema, etc.)? Leucosticte (talk) 12:41, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * See http://www.ravenbrook.com/tool/bugzilla-schema/ to check out Bugzilla's database scheme yourself. --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 13:19, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Exploring Redmine
Dan Andreescu set up a Redmine instance on Wikimedia Labs. We haven't configured much yet, but we'll be exploring it as an alternative to some of the existing tools. Superm401 - Talk 02:39, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Extension
What about Extension:IssueTracker; does that look promising at all? I favor using a special page extension. It seems to me that there might be a lot of demand for such a tool in the wikisphere, since wikis are often used side-by-side with issue trackers in code development. It seems to me that we may as well integrate it into the wiki software completely. (I also favor having a Git-compatible code review extension replace Gerrit.)

If we were going to create a new issue tracker from scratch, another question would be, how to store the data? Should be there be a namespace for issues, much as LQT has a namespace for threads? I thought that might be useful for searching or other purposes. Would we want to use LQT for the bug discussions? Leucosticte (talk) 12:41, 4 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Refering to Extension:IssueTracker: Where can I get its code? And LQT is dead and unmaintained - Extension:Flow, if at all. --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 13:22, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Some possibly useful/interesting links:
 * Google Code page for IssueTracker
 * IssueTracker vid
 * MediaWiki-Based Issue Tracker thread
 * Mantis Integration with MediaWiki
 * Leucosticte (talk) 13:43, 4 October 2013 (UTC)