Announcement: First release of C# Bugzilla WebService client (version 0.1.0)

[Mads Bondo Dydensborg]

Hi there

First of, sorry if this is off-topic - please redirect me to a more appropiate 
forum for announcements, if it is.

I have released the first version of a C# Bugzilla WebService client library, 
available under LGPL, with a homepage at http://oss.dbc.dk/bugzproxy/ (follow 
links to sourceforge project site for cvs/files). 

I understand that the Bugzilla community may wonder about the wisdom of using 
C# as a client language, but please consider that one of the aims of this 
library is to facilitate integration into the .NET based tool chains, such as 
Visual Studio, via .NET based plugins. As such, it may contribute to the 
general acceptance of Bugzilla, and possibly to further contributions to the 
WebService interface in the Bugzilla server.

More information:

Bugzproxy is a client library for the upcoming Bugzilla Bugtracker WebService 
interface (part of Bugzilla 3.0), written in C#, that provides an OO access 
to a Bugzilla server. 
  
This release is the first release of bugzproxy, and provides support for all 
of the WebService functionality currently included in the Bugzilla CVS HEAD, 
which will become part of the first Bugzilla 3.0 release candicate, expected 
in early december. 
  
The aim of Bugzproxy is to allow easy building of various clients, such as 
command line tools, and Visual Studio plugins, possibly MonoDevelop plugins, 
that facilitate the integration of a Bugzilla into the various C# tool 
chains.  
  
This first release has been built using Mono/Linux, but should easily build on 
Windows. (.exe and .dll files provided, as well as source). 
  
As the project's aim is to provide an efficient and intuitive OO API, the API 
probably will change in future revisions, but it is our feeling that the 
current API is a good start. It is well documented, and a number of example 
programs are provided. We solicit feedback on the future development of this 
program, and encourage C# developers using the Bugzilla bugtracker software, 
to give it a try. 

Regards,

Mads

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Med venlig hilsen/Regards

Systemudvikler/Systemsdeveloper cand.scient.dat, Ph.d., Mads Bondo Dydensborg
Dansk BiblioteksCenter A/S, Tempovej 7-11, 2750 Ballerup, Tlf. +45 44 86 77 34