On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 02:43:49AM +0900, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote: > > This is the one I use (note: it's in Japanese). > > http://mput.dip.jp/rubybugs/superuser.html Sorry, but my knowledge in Japanese is limited to about three words, and I can't read any japanese characters. What about a bug database in english? > When a report is post to the list, this list is updated by > volunteers. I recently posted a comment about ipaddr.rb, which is not exactly buggy, but not really well-designed and up to date, and would require some re-design. The comment seems to be completely lost. A bug database has the ability to keep track of feature requests and things like that. It also has the ability to have parts of the projects (e.g. all those ruby-extensions) maintained by different maintainers. > Bugzilla is too big, and did not make me happy. I may be wrong. If > so, please enlighten me. I have never installed Bugzilla, I am just using it to report bugs to about a dozen different projects. At least, it works and allows the bug reporter to see, whether there were any comments or replies. However, there are other bug databases with less weight. > I don't need yet another channel to post > bugs. Current mailing lists are fine. I just need to keep truck of > the bugs reported to the lists. But maybe the need to subscribe to the mailing list and to keep track with all that medium-bandwidth postings is what keeps people from reporting bugs. You can't report a bug and see what happens without buying all the rest of the mailing list at the same time. And I am still under the impression that things might get lost. And, btw, if there are security issues, they might require a more secret and more reliable treatment. Don't get me wrong, but such a mailing list still appears a little bit home-brewn-alike. Nearly all professional projects use any form of bug database with a user interface. Maybe you don't even need to setup your own. I believe there are some Bugzilla databases which are open for other open-source projects. regards Hadmut