[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD bug tracking moves from GNATS to Bugzilla

[Fbsd8]

Vitaly Magerya wrote:
> On 2014-06-03 11:05, David Chisnall wrote:
>> We are pleased to announce that the FreeBSD project has begin the
>> transition from the GNATS bug-tracking system to Bugzilla.  The
>> Bugzilla installation can be found here:
>>
>> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/
> 
> It doesn't seem to be possible to post comments (or bugs) without 
> creating an account and logging in. No comment-by-email too, as far as I 
> can tell.
> 
> Are those features gone forever? Can I ask them to be restored, at least 
> in some capacity?


This is the first I have seen this GNATS to Bugzilla subject discussed.

GNATS has been working just fine for many years, why the change to Bugzilla?

Who makes this kind of change in a vacuum?

WHO AUTHORIZED THIS????

Why was the ports mailing list not included in this before now?