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Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in 2018?

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Re: Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in 2018?

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Post by maelkum »

corobo wrote: post #15
maelkum wrote: post #10

In a true hackerish style, I rolled my own solution: https://github.com/marekjm/issue Back in 2015, I decided that all the issue tracking systems I knew are too heavy-weight. I don't need kanban, agile, or any other buzz - I just need a simple tool to track my issues. I had several requirements: 1/ it must work off-line, 2/ it must be distrubuted (to allow many people working simultaneously on their off-line clones),…

It took me far too long to realise deadbeef was your example issue ID and not a username or something. Maybe I'm a little slow or maybe it's a lack of coffee.

Probably the latter. The "deadbeef" string as a "random" hexadecimal example is pretty common.

Re: Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in 2018?

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Post by cimmanom »

bluem-ap wrote: post #11

Was happily using Bugzilla but the company decided to switch to Jira and it's unpleasant to put it politely. One of my main gripes is the ability to atomically update an issue vs incremental updates. For example, Bugzilla allows you to edit multiple fields then hit commit to save, Jira on the other hand applies changes automatically when you edit certain fields (e.g. assignee). This causes people problems (person get…

To make several changes at once, use the "edit" button in the top left of the issuevderail screen to open the editing modal.

Re: Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in 2018?

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Post by bluem-ap »

cimmanom wrote: post #22
bluem-ap wrote: post #11

Was happily using Bugzilla but the company decided to switch to Jira and it's unpleasant to put it politely. One of my main gripes is the ability to atomically update an issue vs incremental updates. For example, Bugzilla allows you to edit multiple fields then hit commit to save, Jira on the other hand applies changes automatically when you edit certain fields (e.g. assignee). This causes people problems (person get…

To make several changes at once, use the "edit" button in the top left of the issuevderail screen to open the editing modal.

Yes, good thing to point that out. It can be a great help in some cases, but unfortunately that modal dialog blocks access to the comments on the bug, so composing your reply in it can be frustrating.

Yes I can compose my reply in another editor and paste it once it's final. However, IMO an issue tracker is something you use so often that working around these small issues comes at a high cost to me when it should not.

Re: Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in 2018?

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Post by cimmanom »

bluem-ap wrote: post #27
cimmanom wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To make several changes at once, use the "edit" button in the top left of the issuevderail screen to open the editing modal.

Yes, good thing to point that out. It can be a great help in some cases, but unfortunately that modal dialog blocks access to the comments on the bug, so composing your reply in it can be frustrating. Yes I can compose my reply in another editor and paste it once it's final. However, IMO an issue tracker is something you use so often that working around these small issues comes at a high cost to me when it should not…

Yeah, I agree that the UI and modal abuse could use some work. I still prefer it over most other issue trackers, though, because it can be queried as a database.
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