Open source bug tracking
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Hey, guys. I may have something coming up where I'll have need for a web based bug tracking system, and given that they're a startup, free / open source is a Good Thing. I looked at Bugzilla since Filezilla is such nice work, but it's Perl / Penguin and I prefer a .NET solution that's more native to the Windows universe. Any suggestions?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
I don't know of any .NET bugtracker, but you may want to try Mantis[^] (uses php+mysql, which you can install on Windows).
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Hey, guys. I may have something coming up where I'll have need for a web based bug tracking system, and given that they're a startup, free / open source is a Good Thing. I looked at Bugzilla since Filezilla is such nice work, but it's Perl / Penguin and I prefer a .NET solution that's more native to the Windows universe. Any suggestions?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
Christopher Duncan wrote:
I prefer a .NET solution that's more native to the Windows universe.
Dangerous statement my friend. A web based system should be language and system agnostic. I am sure you have a sacrificial box somewhere that can run linux, I have a few. Look for one that integrates bug tracking into your ticketing and source control system. I have used an expensive and slow system from IBM like that once. And other than the poor implementation the idea was brilliant.
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Hey, guys. I may have something coming up where I'll have need for a web based bug tracking system, and given that they're a startup, free / open source is a Good Thing. I looked at Bugzilla since Filezilla is such nice work, but it's Perl / Penguin and I prefer a .NET solution that's more native to the Windows universe. Any suggestions?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
Trac[^] is very nice (IMO) - it gives you more of a 'project management' website, including a project wiki, timeline and source control integration. It works fine on Windows - it needs Apache, Python, Trac and a couple of Python libraries - I installed it (the first time I installed it anywhere) in about 30 minutes on my Windows laptop.
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Hey, guys. I may have something coming up where I'll have need for a web based bug tracking system, and given that they're a startup, free / open source is a Good Thing. I looked at Bugzilla since Filezilla is such nice work, but it's Perl / Penguin and I prefer a .NET solution that's more native to the Windows universe. Any suggestions?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
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Hey, guys. I may have something coming up where I'll have need for a web based bug tracking system, and given that they're a startup, free / open source is a Good Thing. I looked at Bugzilla since Filezilla is such nice work, but it's Perl / Penguin and I prefer a .NET solution that's more native to the Windows universe. Any suggestions?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
I am using Issue Manager [^] which is simple, painless and works well for our needs.
You have, what I would term, a very formal turn of phrase not seen in these isles since the old King passed from this world to the next. martin_hughes on VDK
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Hey, guys. I may have something coming up where I'll have need for a web based bug tracking system, and given that they're a startup, free / open source is a Good Thing. I looked at Bugzilla since Filezilla is such nice work, but it's Perl / Penguin and I prefer a .NET solution that's more native to the Windows universe. Any suggestions?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
You could always try OnTime[^]. While it's a commercial solution, it does have a free single user version. More importantly, it has a windows client AND a web client version. It goes beyond defect tracking - you can log work, integrate it with your source code manager and manage feature requests.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
I prefer a .NET solution that's more native to the Windows universe.
Dangerous statement my friend. A web based system should be language and system agnostic. I am sure you have a sacrificial box somewhere that can run linux, I have a few. Look for one that integrates bug tracking into your ticketing and source control system. I have used an expensive and slow system from IBM like that once. And other than the poor implementation the idea was brilliant.
Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest HemingwayEnnis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
A web based system should be language and system agnostic
Maybe, but you definitely don't want a monstrosity such as Perl.:mad:
Kevin
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Hey, guys. I may have something coming up where I'll have need for a web based bug tracking system, and given that they're a startup, free / open source is a Good Thing. I looked at Bugzilla since Filezilla is such nice work, but it's Perl / Penguin and I prefer a .NET solution that's more native to the Windows universe. Any suggestions?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
Bugtracker.NET at http://ifdefined.com/bugtrackernet.html[^] From that website: BugTracker.NET is a free, open-source, web-based bug tracker or customer support issue tracker written using ASP.NET, C#, and Microsoft SQL Server (or its free cousin, SQL Server Express). I've used it for a year or two now without any problems.
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Bugtracker.NET at http://ifdefined.com/bugtrackernet.html[^] From that website: BugTracker.NET is a free, open-source, web-based bug tracker or customer support issue tracker written using ASP.NET, C#, and Microsoft SQL Server (or its free cousin, SQL Server Express). I've used it for a year or two now without any problems.
I used bugtracker.net the last time I was in the market for something like this. I was very happy with its features and customizability. The guy who puts it out is fanatically honest, posting every comparison between his product and others that he can find on the web - even when the final choice is not for Bugtracker.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Hey, guys. I may have something coming up where I'll have need for a web based bug tracking system, and given that they're a startup, free / open source is a Good Thing. I looked at Bugzilla since Filezilla is such nice work, but it's Perl / Penguin and I prefer a .NET solution that's more native to the Windows universe. Any suggestions?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
BugZilla could be written in C# 10 and running on ASP.NET 52 with a WPF UI in Silverlight on an HD 30" display and it would still suck. Awful, awful piece of software. Not sure how it ever got to be the defacto bug tracker (well, not anymore.) It even has bugs like SQL injection attacks and inability to handle quotes. Avoid. I'm afraid I don't know many .NET/Windows friendly solution. I would recommend Trac[^] though. It looks simple but it works great and should install easily enough on Windows. If you don't have high traffic to it then you don't even need MySQL. Just use Sqlite. Oh, and for Windows; Fogbugz[^]. It is ASP. Works well and has a good customer facing system.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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Trac[^] is very nice (IMO) - it gives you more of a 'project management' website, including a project wiki, timeline and source control integration. It works fine on Windows - it needs Apache, Python, Trac and a couple of Python libraries - I installed it (the first time I installed it anywhere) in about 30 minutes on my Windows laptop.
I'll second Trac. SVN integration is excellent.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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I'll second Trac. SVN integration is excellent.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
Ditto. Ditto.
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I don't know of any .NET bugtracker, but you may want to try Mantis[^] (uses php+mysql, which you can install on Windows).
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We used Mantis in my old job. It works reasonably well.
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
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I used bugtracker.net the last time I was in the market for something like this. I was very happy with its features and customizability. The guy who puts it out is fanatically honest, posting every comparison between his product and others that he can find on the web - even when the final choice is not for Bugtracker.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
Oakman wrote:
Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
:-D :laugh: Hilarious! :laugh:
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
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We used Mantis in my old job. It works reasonably well.
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
I've also used Mantis. It's pretty good, and simple to use.
Daniel Vaughan
Blog: DanielVaughan.Orpius.com
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Bugtracker.NET at http://ifdefined.com/bugtrackernet.html[^] From that website: BugTracker.NET is a free, open-source, web-based bug tracker or customer support issue tracker written using ASP.NET, C#, and Microsoft SQL Server (or its free cousin, SQL Server Express). I've used it for a year or two now without any problems.
I used BugTracker.NET a while ago as well. The developer community was just one guy. But it was written in .NET and allowed me to make custom changes in a nice dev environment (I suspect this is the reason you are looking to for a .NET based solution as you don't intend to use it out of the box). If you do intend to use something out of the box then you may want to look at some free hosted bug tracking systems. Now that's very web 2.0 :~
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Ditto. Ditto.
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Trac[^] is very nice (IMO) - it gives you more of a 'project management' website, including a project wiki, timeline and source control integration. It works fine on Windows - it needs Apache, Python, Trac and a couple of Python libraries - I installed it (the first time I installed it anywhere) in about 30 minutes on my Windows laptop.
You can use (or just play with) TracVM - ready to use VMWare virtual machine, http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/377[^]. I use Mantis + DotProject now, but I am going to look at Trac - it seems good to cover more with fewer tools.
-- Jarek Andrzejewski
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Hey, guys. I may have something coming up where I'll have need for a web based bug tracking system, and given that they're a startup, free / open source is a Good Thing. I looked at Bugzilla since Filezilla is such nice work, but it's Perl / Penguin and I prefer a .NET solution that's more native to the Windows universe. Any suggestions?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
It's possible to run bugzilla under IIS 5.0 and 6.0, i.e. Apache not needed (but it's easier to set up under Apache). The security of IIS 6.0 makes it harder to set up. I did it once but don't have the instructions I wrote (I left the company I did it for), and would struggle to remember them. The fact that it's written in Perl shouldn't matter to you unless you plan to modify the code and can't bear the thought of working with Perl. I've found bugzilla to be a good tool - it satisfied my requirements and didn't cause any trouble.
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Hey, guys. I may have something coming up where I'll have need for a web based bug tracking system, and given that they're a startup, free / open source is a Good Thing. I looked at Bugzilla since Filezilla is such nice work, but it's Perl / Penguin and I prefer a .NET solution that's more native to the Windows universe. Any suggestions?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com