Re: What's next for xmlroff?

Tony Graham wrote:

> I now have other webhosting that allows hosting multiple domains for
> no extra charge, so I am better placed than ever before to be able to
> host xmlroff.org off SourceForge.

Sounds good.

> One more change would probably be to also move xmlroff-list off
> SourceForge and on to xmlroff.org.

Yes, please ! :-)
(sf.net's list archive interface is really bad.)

>>> I have been using Trac for a while now and I quite like it, but what
>>> do you people think?
>> I haven't really used Trac myself, yet. I'v only looked at it quickly
>> when comparing features to other trackers (such as roundup).
> 
> Trac does more than just issue tracking.  I would also expect that the
> way that you can link between tickets and both the wiki pages and the
> Subversion revisions and changesets would mean that bug reports would
> receive more attention than they have been receiving.

Right.

>> If you are comfortable, you should use it. You are the main person who
>> will be affected by it.
> 
> That is true, but while it is true, it's not necessarily the best
> possible arrangement.
> 
> And if I did all major changes without signalling them or inviting
> comment, then I could soon be the only person affected by them.

Ah well. Don't be too afraid, though. With sf.net the expectations are
pretty low, so almost anything will be a win. ;-)

> Talking about it beforehand also gives people a chance to chime in
> with alternative, and possibly better, solutions.

FWIW, we are in the process to migrate python.org's issue tracker from
sf.net to a new site, using roundup. They evaluated a couple of alternative
candidates, among them Trac. However, Their requirements are different
from yours, and so that doesn't have to mean much in this context.
>From all I have heared, Trac is a very good tool.

Best regards,
		Stefan

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      ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...

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