[maemo-community] Bugzilla or else to handle feature requests?

From: Quim Gil quim.gil at nokia.com
Date: Mon Nov 10 12:45:41 EET 2008
http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Brainstorming_new_features is a task still in
the maemo.org backlog but there is one question that would have a bigger
impact depending on the answer:

In the long run, where should feature requests be handled?

a) http://bugs.maemo.org as nowadays, making it more friendly to end users.

b) A specialized tool like http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/

c) Else

A meta-question would be whether the answer depends who you ask to. For
instance, would Andre (maemo.org bugmaster) and Reggie
(InternatTabletTalk admin) have the same opinion? Would ITt and
maemo-developers reach the same conclusions? Who to listen and where to
discuss?

2 facts, already difficult to negotiate:

- Reusing bugs.maemo.org is easier (and probably cheaper) than adding a
maemo.org brainstorm. However, in theory the community should be able to
handle completely e.g. a Drupal instance with Ubuntu's brainstom software.

- A maemo.org brainstorm like Ubuntu's far from the bug tracking system
would make happier non-technical end users and product managers, and
perhaps a bunch of power users and developers tools. However, in theory
the bugzilla UI could be tweaked to be reasonably acceptable as well.

Opinions?

-- 
Quim Gil
marketing manager, open source
Maemo Software @ Nokia

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