Apache switching to Scarab

[David Miller]

On 7/24/2003 3:10 PM -0400, Jeff Hedlund wrote:

> Myk Melez wrote:
>
>> Apache seems to want to switch to Scarab from Bugzilla.  Anyone have a
>> connection there who can find out why?  If it's for the wrong reasons,
>> we should correct them.  If it's for good reasons, we should find out,
>> as it might help us make Bugzilla better (or at least understand the
>> needs out there more).
>>
>> http://nagoya.apache.org/

They're running 2.14.2.

Given the options available, I wouldn't be caught dead running 2.14.2 these
days :)  2.16 was such a huge leap over 2.14, and 2.17.4 is light-years
beyond that already :)

But yeah, given all the other stuff I see about the situation, it sounds
like they originally used Bugzilla because it's all there was at the time
that actually worked halfway decent.  Since the main focus of the Apache
Software Foundation seems to be Java-related these days, it kind of only
makes sense for them to use a Java-based bug-tracking system.  As much as I
hate to say it, for them to not be running a Java-based bug-tracking system
would be like the Mozilla Foundation running a proprietary commercial web
server instead of an open source one.

Doh!  We use Netscape Enterprise Server, so I guess we have the same problem.

Anyhow, I would bet he only made it sound like Bugzilla was sucking for
them in order to have justification to give to all the avid Bugzilla
supporters who were obviously screaming about it.  The real reasons, as
stated above, probably had nothing to do with whether Bugzilla sucked or
not, but had more to do with the current goals of the Apache Software
Foundation.
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