Re: bug tracking system

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> > My vote *clearly* goes, without any doubt, to jira.
[..]
> Granted a bug-tracking system isn't as mission-critical as a SCM,
> there are still questions:
> 1. Will there always be a free version?  What happens if the company
>    folds up or is bought out?

I don't know.  At the moment there is, and large open source projects 
(e.g. Apache) use it.

> 2. Is the present free version usable for eternity?  Even if it is,
>    what is the guarantee that it will be usable on a contemporary
>    system in 5 years time?

In its current state, yes.  It will run wherever java 1.4.2 or 1.5 runs. 
 I don't think we will need feature updates.

> 3. How easy is it to migrate the database to a different SCM, if
>    needed?

You can export the whole database as XML.


Of course I thought about all those points before recommending it.

cheers
  simon

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