| Original author(s) | Ian Jackson |
|---|---|
| Written in | Perl, others |
| Operating system | Debian |
| Platform | Linux |
| Type | issue tracking system |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www.debian.org/Bugs/ |
The Debian bug tracking system, or Debbugs, is the bug tracking system used by the Debian project. Its unique feature is that it doesn't have any form of web-interface to edit bug reports - all modification is done through email. Debbugs was mainly written by Ian Jackson, former Debian project leader, from January 1998 to December 1998.
It consists of a set of scripts which maintain a database of problem reports. Most of the source code is written in Perl.
It is strongly recommended[1] that people use the reportbug program, when reporting bugs in Debian.
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Features [edit]
According to Ian Jackson, the Debian Bug tracking system has the following features:[2]
- All input and manipulation of reports is done by email; developers do not need on-line web access or accounts on the host system.
- Outstanding, recently closed and other listings of reports are made available via a webserver, and by an email request bot.
- Each report has a separate e-mail address for submission of additional information.
- Web listings of bugs can be mirrored by e-mail or HTTP.
- Core functions do not require CGI scripts.
The scripts have been parameterised so that they can be used for other projects besides Debian. The system runs on Unix-like operating systems such as Unix and Linux.
Debbugs is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Deployments [edit]
The primary deployment of Debbugs is the Debian's main bug tracking system.[3]
As of January 1997, the Debian Project's instance of debbugs had handled 16000 reports over the past 3–4 years, and had a database of 5000 reports totalling 90Mb.
As of 2009, Debian's instance had consisted of a total of 277,741 issues tracked.[4]
As of June 2010[update], the Debian debbugs instance had handled over 580,000 bug reports.[5]
The GNU Project has deployed a public instance of debbugs[6] that can be used by GNU and non-GNU projects alike.[7]
Integration [edit]
Ubuntu's Launchpad recognizes and integrates with Debian's debbugs instance.[8]
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Reporting bugs in Debian". Debian Project. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
- ^ http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/debbugs/ Ian Jackson about DBTS]
- ^ "Debian bug tracking system". Debian Project. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ Fogel, Karl (2009). "Appendix B: Free Bug Trackers". Producing Open Source Software. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ "Debian Bug report logs - #580000". Debian Project. 2010-05-02. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ "GNU Bug Tracker". GNU Project. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ "Using this system to track your project's bugs". GNU Project. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
- ^ "Bug trackers - Debian Bug tracker". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
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