Re: [MiNT] Bugtracker

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:19 AM, Rob Mahlert <rmahlert@charter.net> wrote:
> Vincent Rivičre wrote:
>>
>> Rob Mahlert wrote :
>>>
>>> Just an fyi.. I added the following sub-domain URL's to access the
>>> SpareMiNT bug tracker directly. This is instead of going through the website
>>> pages.
>>>
>>> http://bug.sparemint.org
>>> http://bt.sparemint.org
>>> http://bugtracker.sparemint.org
>>
>> Good, but usually a single canonical address is better than several ones.
>>
>
> I couldn't decide on ONE..  so I did all.
>
>>> I've also added a forwarding URL to access the cvsweb
>>> http://cvsweb.sparemint.org
>>>
>>> I hope this will make it a little easier for everyone to access the
>>> cvsweb and bug tracking section of the SpareMiNT site.
>>
>> If they are now the official addresses, they should be used on any link,
>> especially here:
>> http://www.atariforge.net/sparemint/development.html
>>
> I did them to make it easier for people to access those section. I'll need
> Alan to change the php pages in the cvs. <g>
> I do not trust myself using cvs..  even if it's only the web site pages.
>
> Rob
>
(see previous mentioned thread)

Thanks for that Rob, it might be an idea to add web frontend that can
interface with CVS so the website can be updated without CVS access,
secured of course, and it can be path limited to the SpareMiNT Website
only (extra secure)

Vincent was right, you just need a captcha plugin, its also works well
for anonymous stuff too

DONT got the wiki route, for one reason, portablity, web site contents
cant be easy moved or ported to another interface, unless it can
access plain text files, or db text (which can be dumped, manipulated,
and re-db'ed)

I dont mind updating any web stuff, especially id it means "typing up docs".

A couple of questions:
1) is SpareMiNT site the home of FreeMiNT. I am thinking about road
map, TOS5, and other OS related stuff also (most of which is present
in CVS)
2) should sparemint site just need a makeover/update, and add new
http://freemint.sparemint.org
3) Can we get a OS specific website up, that covers all things needed
to get up and running from current CVS, but also make room for TOS5,
ACP/v4e, and current CVS development roadmap
4) Can we get website for Current OS Fluff, like what atari forums
had, for XaAES skins themes, custom builds, and other related "fluff"
(sound, MyAES themes)

"websites" can come under single site, and I dont mind putting its
together. It can use a CMS if need be, so others can manage it as well

For Mantis:
1) Helmut should have developer status (can close)
2) Is there a way to "second" a closure, and can closed bugs be reopened.

Something needs to be done regarding bugtrakker actions, and also CVS
actions. For example, once a month it MiNT-list gets a CVS-changelog
for that month, and Bugs-closed/Bus-open for that month

That would help everyone who is not a CVS dev, or mint/xaaes dev to
keep up to date without overloading anything. It would also allow
another way of tracking and searching for CVS issues, and patch/bug
related issues, and may actually improve problem resolution..

For developers, is it a good idea to allow "nightly patches" (or
weekly?) through Mantis, as oppossed to single CVS patch commits. Can
Mantis do this? Also for those developers who dont have CVS commit
access, should there be a group of people who are willing to test the
patches first, taking some of the patch duties off Alan shoulders (at
least so he can commit without question, or use Mantis to do it)

Again, I dont mind doing the web stuff, including additions to Mantis
if required

Paul
PS I think Mark said he has some GCC 4 RPM builds, and others need RPM
building to be documented (for SpareMiNT compatibility, the is a doc
somewhere) and CVS patch commits (as per thread)