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github - how to find bugs?

judgejjudgej ✭
edited November 2010 in Vanilla 2.0 - 2.8
I am finding github infuriating for managing bugs, and am about to give up on it.

Does anyone know how to get a list of bus that you have raised? I used to click on my account page and they would be listed down the side, but they are not now.

Also - why can be not reopen a bug that we have accidentally closed, especially when the "close" button is massive and right next to the "save" button.

Keyword search - does it actually work for anyone else? I get no results on any keyword search, so have no way to find stuff that I have raised in order to add more information.

Is it just me? It's driving me mad.
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  • TiGRTiGR ✭
    I used to click on my account page and they would be listed down the side, but they are not now.
    GitHub had a severe breakdown recently. They restored database, but not statuses. But they promise to do that ASAP.
    Keyword search - does it actually work for anyone else?
    It works for me. At least, sometimes :)
  • TimTim Operations Vanilla Staff
    I am finding github infuriating for managing bugs, and am about to give up on it.
    Join the club. I wish they would die.

    Anyone know a good OSS php bug manager?

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  • greenlizardgreenlizard
    http://alternativeto.net/software/github/
  • TimTim Operations Vanilla Staff
    Github is great. Github bug tracking is shitbad. I don't want to replace Github, just find a better bug tracker hehe. I tried to get Trac going but their shitty install procedure made me murderous.

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  • cdavidcdavid New
    http://trac.edgewall.org/ -- it's written in Python, but... it works for us.
  • judgejjudgej ✭
    Phew - it's not just me then. // breaths a sigh of relief

    I don't know what to suggest as an alternative though. Is the bug tracking closely coupled with the git repository, making some things easier to do?
  • TimTim Operations Vanilla Staff
    Phew - it's not just me then. // breaths a sigh of relief

    I don't know what to suggest as an alternative though. Is the bug tracking closely coupled with the git repository, making some things easier to do?

    Not at all

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  • TimTim Operations Vanilla Staff
    http://trac.edgewall.org/ -- it's written in Python, but... it works for us.
    Trac == me wasting a day trying to install it

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  • LincLinc Detroit Admin
    Besides sharing the same interface, you can close issues by ending your commit with "closes #123" which auto-closes the issue and cross-refs a link to the commit from the issue. That's the killer feature for me.
  • cdavidcdavid New
    @Lincoln -- can you please check your inbox. I closed a ticket on GitHub by accident... and the fixes are rather trivial.

    Thanks,
    /cd
  • LincLinc Detroit Admin
    Whoa, I'm not getting notifications for new conversations, weird.

    @cdavid I added @Tim to the conversation so he can do it. I don't have any more GitHub access than you do. ;)
  • LincLinc Detroit Admin
    Gah, I lied. The notification is in my inbox, I just thought it was a discussion mention and starred it for my next GitHub run. My bad.
  • KyleKyle
    @Tim ever thought about using http://www.bugzilla.org/ ?
  • LincLinc Detroit Admin
    I've never seen a well-designed bug tracker.
  • judgejjudgej ✭
    That's the main reason I am reluctant to recommend any too, because I have never found one that I truly like, and seldom find any that are actually practical to use. Bugzilla is probably the closest to being useful out of the box, but customisation is such a pain, it is well worth steering well clear of that.
  • TiGRTiGR ✭
    I really like TRAC, but as Tim had already said, it's a pain to install.

    Google code issue tracker seems to be pretty nice replacement.
  • LincLinc Detroit Admin
    Soooo... who's writing/finishing the Vanilla bug tracker app? :D
  • TimTim Operations Vanilla Staff
    TM Productions imo :D

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  • LincLinc Detroit Admin
    edited November 2010
    Lulz. The devil will be wearing a parka the day my boss lets me code an issue tracker during office hours without someone paying for it. Maybe if I get too much caffeine in me one weekend. :p
  • judgejjudgej ✭
    edited December 2010
    Well, I waited and my list of bugs I raised on github never came back. github is now my raised bugs black hole, and I am very reluctant to use it again. If I can't find what I have raised, add updates, or even be confident that anyone else can see what I have raised, then there is no point in doing so.

    I'm not trying to be awkward - just letting you know.
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