OpenJDK Bug Tracking Project

[Steve Poole]

On 03/03/11 22:03, Roger Lewis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> A draft of the OpenJDK Bug Tracking Project is now available.  For
> further information please see:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rlewis/BugTracking/OpenJDKBugtTracking.html
>
> As it says in the draft, we would like to have requirements raised and
> discussed. Also, while it may be tempting to discuss the benefits of
> particular bug tracking systems, we would like to limit the discussion
> to the requirements. Suggesting a system to be considered  is fine,
> but that is not the intent at this time.
>
> Thank you,
> Roger

Roger - glad to see this topic on the mailing lists.

Now while I understand the need to gather requirements I see little 
benefit in doing that in isolation.  Let's be clear - there are not that 
many good candidates to choose from.   Personally I'd rather we 
identified a few candidates and discussed their relative merits.

Also - we need to ensure that other "non functional" aspects of these 
candidates are listed.    Items such as  "pricing", "support costs", 
"hardware requirements",  "size of developer community" , "active 
development", "high quality", "development language", "licence"   etc 
are as important in this consideration as specific functional features.

My candidates

Bugzilla
Jira
Rational Team Concert


Cheers

Steve