On Wed, 20 May 2009 23:15:27 +0200, Dominic wrote:
Second one is bigger though: why geany doesn't have any kind of Trac?
Because Trac sucks :). Sorry, this is my very personal opinion. I just can't stand it and can't work with it, not sure why but I'm just unable to use it in any productive way. Tried it several times, and failed every time. Additionally, so far I didn't see any online Trac installation which was fast in any way. Obviously, mainly this is a matter of the server hardware where it is hosted. But again. so far I didn't see any Trac installation on a server where it ran fast. No idea what requirements it has. Admittedly, the trackers at Sourceforge.net also doesn't respond that fast and also require transferring lots of content.
I think if we ever change the bug tracking system, we should go for Bugzilla. It's kinda complex and might be freaky at the first time, but once you got to know it a bit, it's ok. But it has similar to Trac a major drawback: it requires a registration before being able to post anything. This is *not* required on Sourceforge.net and I think this is a good thing as it lowers the initial burden for users who want to report/request anything.
It would be much easier to post bugs or feature requests there, instead of mailing list, and they would be much more visible.
the other guys already mentioned that our bug/feature request trackers are hosted at Sourceforge.net.
BTW: Just for those of the mailing-list readers who didn't know, there is also a project called geany-plugins on sourceforge:
Shameless advertising...I like this :).
Regards, Enrico