How about finally replacing GNATS?

[Erik Cederstrand]

Den 25/10/2012 kl. 17.53 skrev Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des at des.no>:

> Erik Cederstrand <erik at cederstrand.dk> writes:
>> Would a Python script called "send-pr" using the Bugzilla JSONRPC
>> webservice and a dummy Bugzilla user (to retain the possibility to
>> report anonymously) be acceptable?
> 
> No.
> 
> 1) We don't have Python in base.

Is this really a problem? Casual users could just use the Bugzilla interface, and experienced users spitting out bug reports should be able to install a port.

> 2) The solution you propose requires an internet connection.

send-pr does too, right? It may be able to cache the report (I haven't checked), but a Python send-pr could do that, too.

> 3) We need to be able to handle PRs submitted from existing FreeBSD
>   installations

Does send-pr really need to stay in base? It could be a port, and users could just install that port.

Implementing a JSON HTTPS client in bourne shell seems, well, painful. But maybe I could write a Python script to process emails received at FreeBSD-gnats-submit at freebsd.org and shepherd them into Bugzilla? Then only there MX would need Python.

Erik