[xwiki-devs] [Brainstorming] Issue tracking for xwiki-contrib projects

Hi everyone, ATM the rule we have for contrib projects is to use JIRA (see http://contrib.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HHostingtools) I’ve heard that some people have been proposing using other trackers. So I’d like to poll your opinion on the following alternatives: Option A: all projects use JIRA =============================== This is the current option in use. Pros: * A single place for people to view and search for issues in the XWiki Ecosystem Cons: * For XWiki admins, creating a new JIRA project takes 5 minutes Option B: all projects use GitHub issues ======================================== Pros: * Simple to set up for admins (hosted by GitHub) * Simple to use (too simple sometimes?) Cons: * No single place to search all issues related to XWiki (both JIRA + GitHub) * No single place to report JIRA issues * Tied to the SCM choice. When we stop using Git as our SCM and move to the next SCM tool we’ll have to import all issues (see https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.jira.plugins.jira-i…) * Need to implement feature on extensions.xwiki.org to add a link to the issue tracker for each extension Option C: let each project decide ================================= Pros: * Simple to set up for admins when project decides on GitHub Cons: * No single place to search all issues related to XWiki (both JIRA + GitHub) * No single place to report JIRA issues * Tied to the SCM choice. When we stop using Git as our SCM and move to the next SCM tool we’ll have to import all issues (see https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.jira.plugins.jira-i…) * Need to implement feature on extensions.xwiki.org to add a link to the issue tracker for each extension Option D: XWiki Task Manager ============================ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Task+Manager+Applicati… Pros: * Eat our own dog food. * Forces us to improve this extension Cons: * Pressure to fix bugs * Increases volume of data on xwiki.org and thus impact performances * Maintenance cost: More work when upgrading xwiki.org * No single place to search all issues related to XWiki (both JIRA + GitHub) * No single place to report JIRA issues * Need to implement feature on extensions.xwiki.org to add a link to the issue tracker for each extension WDYT? Other options? Personally and based on all pros/cons I think the best ATM is really Option A. And if we really want, it’s possible to improve the cons by doing a bit of java coding: https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/Creating+a+Project+Template Thanks -Vincent