By the way, to be clear, this isn't supposed to block anybody from
proceeding with the jira test import. I just wanted to make the case
for bz as well.
Daniel
Daniel Shahaf wrote on Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 21:31:37 +0000:
> Julian Foad wrote on Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 14:23:53 +0200:
> > First, I'd like to say I'd be happy with either of these options, and
> > I think making a conversion to one of these at the ASF is much better
> > than not doing anything.
>
> Agreed.
>
> > >> [ ] Keep our issues on Tigris
> > >> [ ] Migrate our issues to a new Bugzilla instance hosted by ASF infra
> > >> [ ] Migrate to the standard ASF Jira installation
> >
> > I'd like to know, if anybody can answer this briefly, what would we
> > lose, and what would we gain, with each option? I can think of a few
> > differences (and commonalities):
> >
>
> Thanks for writing this clear summary of the situation.
>
> I'd vote for bugzilla: it is simpler than jira (both feature-wise and
> UI-wise) but more than equal to our needs.
>
> As to "format all descriptions as <pre>" in jira: honestly, it feels
> like a round peg in a square hole. Jira is designed around ajax and and
> html; I'd be concerned that future releases of jira might break the
> renderer plugin Ivan is planning to write — and if that happens, infra
> might simply disable the plugin until we fix it, since we'd be the only
> project affected.
>
> I think both candidates have the features we use (issue number, title,
> comments, milestone). The primary consideration is which one will be
> the most frictionless going forward (both for new issues and for
> accessing old issues).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Daniel
>
> > * In both cases (a new Bugzilla instance, or Jira):
> >
> > - We'd migrate to ASF infrastructure, and so have some reassurance
> > that it will be preserved into the future.
> > - We'd keep the existing issue numbers.
> > - All recorded URL links to issues on the old Tigris Issuezilla, in
> > mailing list archives etc., would still point there, and eventually
> > die when we turn it off (later in the future)
> > - We can probably automatically rewrite all URL links in the issues
> > themselves, and in log messages.
> >
> > * [ ] Migrate our issues to a new Bugzilla instance hosted by ASF infra
> >
> > - We'd still be using open-source software.
> > - I guess we could preserve nearly all the issue tracker content
> > exactly, including text formatting and attachments and all or most
> > fields. (What would we lose, if anyting?)
> > - Could be a good stepping stone: convert to this first, probably an
> > almost exact conversion, and then still have the option to convert to
> > Jira (or another) later.
> >
> > * [ ] Migrate to the standard ASF Jira installation
> >
> > - Not open-source, but more open-source-friendly than some, and
> > widely used, including at ASF.
> > - I guess we could preserve nearly all the issue tracker content,
> > but not exactly. Text formatting -- we have a couple of options.
> > Attachments -- presumably yes, but maybe handled a bit differently?
> > Fields -- I suppose these would be handled a bit differently in Jira.
> > (Can we say more about what would work differently?)
> >
> > - Julian
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