Re: [PROPOSAL] Switch to Jira

On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 09:37 +0200, Andreas Hartmann wrote:
> Am 07.07.10 15:38, schrieb Richard Frovarp:
> > Florent brought up the question of switch from Bugzilla to Jira. We
> > discussed this about three years ago and the feeling was positive
> > towards that decision, but the move was never made. I think we held off
> > so we could focus efforts on release. Now would seem to be a good time
> > to switch.
> >
> > What do others think?
> 
> +0
> 
> I understand that Jira provides more features and other benefits.
> 
> OTOH I don't really want to endorse the move from open source to closed 
> source tools within the ASF infrastructure. I have to admit that I don't 
> have such a good feeling about the ASF accepting the donation of 
> closed-source tools, since it obviously removes the pressure of 
> improving the open source tools that we used to use and reduces their 
> visibilty, market share etc. But I guess I have to read the 
> corresponding discussions and votes if I can find them.

I agree to your point Andreas. One thing is clear that jira has some
very nice things but personally I am using redmine now which is open
source and I like it even better then jira. However I am not sure
whether it makes sense to ask for redmine.

I am +0

salu2
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