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Re: GitHub and Jira Software Integration

#11

Post by loeber »

I see a lot of people complaining about JIRA in this thread, so here's my take:

- I've used Trello, GitHub Projects/Issues, and other Project Management software;

- While JIRA has a steep learning curve and is generally unpleasant to use, it is far and away the most customizable and powerful PM software I have used;

- Despite JIRA's poor design choices and UX clunkiness, it is so powerful that I wouldn't use anything else. I'm hoping their design, etc. will ultimately catch up, but even it doesn't, it's still probably the net best option available.

Re: GitHub and Jira Software Integration

#12

Post by benatkin »

knocte wrote: post #7

Jira is the worst bug tracking tool I've ever used.

I think it depends on how it's configured and on the team's workflow. It really sucked at my second to last job, but at my most recent job it was reasonably usable, in that about half the time it was better than a comparable tool like Pivotal Tracker or Asana, and about half the time it was worse. A good and bad thing about it is that it isn't a typical single page app - good because it has fewer glitches and bad because it is more tedious in some places than Asana or Pivotal.

Re: GitHub and Jira Software Integration

#13

Post by nine_k »

You may like Jira or dislike Jira, but having to click fewer controls, and likely wait fewer times for a Jira page to load, will be a plus. Especially if your company is heavily invested in Jira, and switching to your more favored issue tracker is infeasible.

Re: GitHub and Jira Software Integration

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Post by tootie »

JIRA is the top project management platform for good reason. I know a lot of people complain that it's complicated, but every time I've something simpler we end up hitting a wall. JIRA just needs a sensible workflow configured for your project and it's great.

All that being said, I don't get this move. Atlassian has a very capable git product. GitHub should have attempted to anoint a new tool.

Re: GitHub and Jira Software Integration

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Post by yborg »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #10
knocte wrote: post #7

Jira is the worst bug tracking tool I've ever used.

I feel like Jira is like democracy: it's the worst bug tracking tool there is, except for all the other ones.

That was true for some time, but they're making me miss Bugzilla now. I spend increasing amounts of time just watching Jira load it's ever more bloated UI.

Re: GitHub and Jira Software Integration

#18

Post by hn_throwaway_99 »

deepaksurti wrote: post #9

Ok, so finally time to move on to Gitlab, my weekend is gone! While from what I read GH issues are not going away, I won't be surprised if GH finally becomes a pure enterprisey product. My only concern is what happens when Gitlab is acquired? If someone from GL can confirm that they have serious checks and balances in place to not let the users who make Gitlab succeed be left to fend for themselves, can be a killing…

Deciding to move to Gitlab because there is now a separate Jira integration makes no sense to me. Github has built a completely separate integration with Jira - it's not like anything in Github forces you to use Jira, but if you do use it (like a ton of companies do), you would want a better integration story.

Re: GitHub and Jira Software Integration

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Post by fingerprinter »

deepaksurti wrote: post #9

Ok, so finally time to move on to Gitlab, my weekend is gone! While from what I read GH issues are not going away, I won't be surprised if GH finally becomes a pure enterprisey product. My only concern is what happens when Gitlab is acquired? If someone from GL can confirm that they have serious checks and balances in place to not let the users who make Gitlab succeed be left to fend for themselves, can be a killing…

This....this makes no sense. An integration doesn't mean something else is going away. That's not how platforms work.

FWIW, gitlab is going to get acquired...it has to. Probably by google, or oracle, or salesforce, or ibm, or hp (or whatever name they have these days), or redhat. And depending on which one it is, will be how ruined gitlab becomes, because all of those seem like terrible options, but I digress now.

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