[Biopython-dev] Bugzilla --> RedMine --> GitHub issues?

[Lenna Peterson]

Hi Peter,

I'd be happy to take a look at some of the issues over the next few days.

Cheers,

Lenna


On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Wibowo Arindrarto
> <w.arindrarto at gmail.com> wrote:
> >Peter wrote:
> >> Biopython used to use Bugzilla, at http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/
> >> (it was left as a read only legacy listing, but it broke last year when
> >> the old server started to die and isn't really worth fixing).
> >>
> >> This was moved over to RedMine, along with all the other OBF
> >> projects. This does have some git integration, but I'm not that
> >> taken with it - and it is yet another service for the OBF team
> >> to maintain.
> >>
> >> What do people think of moving over to using GitHub issues?
> >> This would link in very well with pull requests and makes linking
> >> to commits much simpler too. One potential issue is if and how
> >> we could have bug reports sent to the biopython-dev mailing list
> >> (something we touched on recently for pull requests).
> >>
> >> A full automated move could be possible (NumPy did this), but I
> >> think a gradual move would be fine - stop filing new issues on
> >> RedMine and use GitHub issues in future. There are only about
> >> 100 issues open at the moment anyway, and a manual migration
> >> would also be a good way to review some of the older tickets.
> >>
> >> Thoughts?,
> >
> > Moving to GitHub sounds good to me. I'd prefer if we go over the
> > issues manually (removing the obsolete ones and keeping the current
> > ones).
> >
> > As per the bug reports sending to the mailing list, could we perhaps
> > create our own custom hooks? e.g. anytime a pull request is issued, an
> > email would be sent (see https://github.com/github/github-services and
> > http://developer.github.com/v3/repos/hooks/#create-a-hook)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bow
>
> I just talked to Brad about this during the pre-BOSC 2013 CodeFest,
> and we agree that moving from RedMine to GitHub issues is a good
> move. BioRuby have already done this.
>
> If no one objects, I will enable filing issues on GitHub, update the
> wiki with links. It should be possible to disable filing new issues
> on RedMine, but leave it live for reference.
>
> https://redmine.open-bio.org/projects/biopython
> https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/ <-- not live yet
>
> We as a group should then manually review the ~100 open issues
> on RedMine, and file new issues on GitHub as appropriate. I think
> a manual review is a good idea anyway - there are some stale
> issues etc which need some fresh eyes.
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
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