How about finally replacing GNATS?

Eitan Adler lists at eitanadler.com
Thu Oct 25 19:43:10 UTC 2012


On 25 October 2012 15:31, Gary Palmer <gpalmer at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> 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.

This is also a good point.

> In my opinion, send-pr or a simple to use replacement needs to stay in base
> and not rely on the presence of X or any other utilities that are not in base.
>
>> 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.

This script could be useful in the discussions later about how to
react to gnats-submit reports.

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Eitan Adler


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