About Differences
[http://roundup.sourceforge.net/ Roundup] is not hugely different from SourceForge in terms of usage. Because the initial transition is mostly for resource reasons (i.e., to control our own tracker), the information presented for issues is almost identical to what the SF tracker had.
The largest change people will notice, though, are the additions of some Roundup-specific fields. Those are denoted with NEW in their descriptions. All of them help with the management of bugs and thus should be used when possible and even filled in on existing issues brought over from SF.
Another change is that of monitoring. SF had a monitor button that subscribed you to an issue so that you always received an email on all updates. That is now replaced by the nosy list. By entering your username on the nosy list you will receive an email every time the issue is changed. More details can be found in the explanation of the field.
Lastly, Roundup provides an email interface to issues. This means that you can actually post to issues by simply replying to an email that you receive. This makes posting replies very easy as one does not need to go through the web interface if the reply does not involve changing fields or uploading files (which can be done through email as well).
If there is a problem
If you encounter a problem with the tracker (both in terms of it running and the transition), please create an issue at the [http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/ meta tracker]. Tracker-discuss (which is discussed below) will be notified and it will be dealt with as best as possible.
Improving the tracker in the future
Please remember that the initial transition is not meant to drastically change how issues are handled or reported. It is simply to get Python's issue tracker under the control of the PSF. With that in place, discussions can begin about improving the handling of issues.
After the transition is complete and stability has been proven then discussions can begin in earnest to improve the handling of issues. To participate in such discussions, please subscribe to the [http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-discuss tracker-discuss] mailing list. This list is meant to discuss the improvement and maintenance of the various trackers hosted by python.org.
Fields
Classification
- Title
- XXX
- Type
- XXX
- Severity
- XXX
- Components
- XXX
- Versions
- XXX
Process
- Status
- XXX
- Resolution
- XXX
- Dependencies
NEW: XXX
- Superceder
NEW: XXX
- Assigned To
- XXX
- Nosy List
NEW: XXX
- Priority
- XXX
- Keywords
NEW: XXX