From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id EAA15576; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 04:49:32 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA14917 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 04:49:31 +0100 (MET) Received: from orcaware.com (bdsl.66.12.233.174.gte.net [66.12.233.174]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hB93nT125476 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 04:49:30 +0100 (MET) Received: from orcaware.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by orcaware.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hB93nRNs020491; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 19:49:27 -0800 Message-ID: <3FD54647.BCA9E2E9@orcaware.com> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:49:27 -0800 From: Blair Zajac X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,x-ns1rfacHe4WNh5,x-ns2U100btwUq5f MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Aleksey Nogin CC: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Using Bugzilla for OCaml - will be willing to host or help settingup. References: <3FD52C14.4090608@cs.caltech.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; blair:01 zajac:01 blair:01 orcaware:01 caml-list:01 bugzilla:01 bugzilla:01 configuring:01 bug:01 gerd:01 cpan:01 demonstrate:01 zajac:01 orcaware:01 plots:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Aleksey Nogin wrote: > > About a year ago there already was a discussion on using Bugzilla for > tracking OCaml issues/patches. In > http://caml.inria.fr/archives/200211/msg00275.html Xavier Leroy wrote > > >> Would there be any way to get Bugzilla installed at Inria? > > > > Bugzilla has a reputation of being awfully hard to install. > > If this is indeed the main reason for not using Bugzilla, I would be > willing to host OCaml Bugzilla at http://bugzilla.metaprl.org/ and/or > help with setting up and configuring Bugzilla on another machine, as > well as help finding a good way to move the current data over. Well, as the author of referenced link, I'm all for this :) Must be the Caltech background (I'm an alum). However, some questions that I think may be relavent this being used as a core Ocaml development tool. How many people would manage this system? Would it be just you? What happens if you get tired of managing the bugzilla system? For this to be considered, I think there'd have to be a way of showing the longevity of the bugzilla repository. No point of putting effort into a bug repository to see it disappear later. Which leads me to this thought: It may be good to have a team of people that could manage this box. There are a number of people setting up different resources on the Internet for Ocaml (me for Mailman for ocaml-pxp and ocaml-i18n, Gerd for Godi). Most of the time its a single developer. If something happens to that person (loss of interest, lack of time, etc), then the resource becomes stagnant, is hard to move to a new site. It would be good if there were some "community" ocaml boxes on the internet that a team of people would administer for the good of the community. These boxes could hold mailing lists, bugzilla, be a COAN (ala CPAN) repository, etc. Management of the box could be done initially by people with demonstrated experience, and then a voting method where good work gets additional access to the repository. This is similar to the method where by new developers to open source projects get commit access as their patches demonstrate good work and forward the project. The only thing we would need is some contributed hardware and bandwidth, which sounds perfect for an educational institution :) Best, Blair -- Blair Zajac Plots of your system's performance - http://www.orcaware.com/orca/ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners