Comments on: openSUSE Project Opens Feature Tracking with openFATE

By: tom

tom — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:42:23 +0000

openFATE is opensource, it’s hosted in the opensuse svn in infrastructure/openfate.
The backend (based on dbxml) is also available from here: https://forgesvn1.novell.com/svn/sxkeeper/trunk/sxkeeper/
But I doubt it’s worth the effort to set this up for a small project, because it’s a quite big system.

By: felipe1982

felipe1982 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:30:30 +0000

>># The default system editor.
You mean ‘vim’ and ‘emacs’? Or…
>>A new feature to allow automatic bug reporting.
Oooo. This I like. It would be nicer to have ONE application, that you could insert your name/pass, select the suse version, select Component, select severity, explain the problem, add attachements, and SEND without opening firefox and waiting for bugzilla to load, etc.

By: Michael_Knight

Michael_Knight — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:36:44 +0000

s/as bugzilla/like bugzilla

By: Michael_Knight

Michael_Knight — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:35:38 +0000

Is it OpenSource? Can I use OpenFate for my own projects as bugzilla?

By: ra100

ra100 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:24:05 +0000

I was little confused, because Bugzilla´s severity Enhancement is explain as request for new feature or enhancement.
So i didn´t know what to use in the future.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:45:40 +0000

Whats the difference between Bugzilla and openFATE ?

Bugzilla contains requests to fix or repair an existing function that is already in openSUSE.
It also contains requests to further enhance an existing function.

Bugzilla is NOT a Vehicle to convey a change in current methodology or function OR to create a new or changed direction in openSUSE.

Buzgilla IS a process for Problem Management.

openFATE IS a way of requesting something completely NEW or to CHANGE the direction of a function that does not have an inherent problem in the way it currently works.

openFATE IS a way to communicate Requests For Functional Change/Comment either by a NEW function or a CHANGE in the direction of a process.

IF it does NOT start or gets the end of the road like a clumsy elephant is goes in Bugzilla!

IF you want a new Rolls Royce car to get there or want to change the road we have used in the past, it goes in openFATE!

openFATE IS a process for Change Management

I hope this translates o.k out of English ;-)

By: andred

andred — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:57:24 +0000

Yes, this might be changed in the future. There are some non-technical issues that need to be solved before, though.

By: andred

andred — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:18:24 +0000

Please file bugs in Bugzilla and feature requests in openFATE. Fate has some features which make it the better system for feature tracking, e.g. support for several products per feature, role-based priorities, threaded discussions etc.

By: Student

Student — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:03:25 +0000

Do you really ned to login to view? Thats stupid…

By: ra100

ra100 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:36:43 +0000

Hm, can anybody explain me difference between openFATE and Bugzilla´s severity Enhancement?
What should i use, if i want to request a new feature? openFATE or Bugzilla?
Thanks.