Moving forward with Project.OpenMandriva
Robert Xu
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As we begin to find ways to manage the Cooker project better, we have looked to consolidate our infrastructure and have all our information in one place so that we can work as efficiently as possible. Our main goal is better project management tools, and Infra has looked into them to determine which have the project features we need and utilise.
We have come down to the following two as a result:
- JIRA: Proprietary, Atlassian, Qt Project & others use it.
- OpenProject: Open Source, finnlabs, we are currently using this.
We have taken into account the usability of both for this proposal.
Strengths
JIRA is proprietary and maintained by Atlassian, and we should be eligible for an open source license. It would allow us to consolidate our Bugzilla and our Agile task features into one place, and also provide a support helpdesk among other features. We have the option for Atlassian to host it for us, which may help infrastructure costs.
OpenProject is open source and maintained by finnlabs, and is rapidly improving. It is based off of Redmine, which provides a familiar feel to many open source enthusiasts. We can consolidate Bugzilla and utilise its kanban board to create strategies.
Tuleap: to be assessed.
Weaknesses
JIRA Is proprietary. This means we do not have as much flexibility as we can when working with an open source project. Additionally, this means that we may have to adapt our workflow to accommodate JIRA.
OpenProject has been slow at releasing new features, and its instances, while it has gotten better, have occasionally broken and caused problems for us. We are also maintaining our own configuration for it that is no longer supported because it provides the flexibility we need.
Tuleap: to be assessed.
Voting
These summaries can be updated with any new information as necessary. I will try to procure a test instance of all these systems that members can play around with so they know what they may be working with.
Barring extenuating circumstances, voting will begin after test instances are available, and close one week afterwards.
Discussing
Please let us know what you think.
Bernhard Rosenkränzer Tue 28 Jul 2015 11:15AM
I'd strongly prefer using something Open Source -- we can't seriously claim that we're all about supporting Open Source if we pick a closed alternative at the first chance we get.
rugyada Tue 28 Jul 2015 1:55PM
We do support Open Source, and we prefer as long as tools fit our needs. I don't agree with fundamentalism, instead I believe in "take anything make your life easier"
Davide Garatti Tue 28 Jul 2015 6:21PM
Hi, I use JIRA in Ericsson and I don't think it could be necessary in OpenMandriva, should be better to point to something opensource.
In my opinion better to avoid using Agile in OpenMandriva a simple team working, when it is necessary, should be better.
PS
excuse the absence ... I will try to remedy as soon as I can, in the meantime I am preparing a draft document, divided into 3 or 4 categories, for the next OpenMandriva Lx
Sorry again
Alexey Vokhmin Tue 28 Jul 2015 11:43PM
Robert Xu Wed 29 Jul 2015 5:09AM
It seems that everyone's suddenly come out of the woodwork. Obviously we won't be switching now, but the timetable for this move, if any, is after Lx 3 is released towards the end of this year. (hint hint nudge nudge stop breaking cooker or adding new things and start stabilising)
Since everyone's suddenly participating, let's have opinions known - do we even want to consider this switch?
Raphaël: Taiga is too unstable - I had to cross it off my list, unfortunately.
jclvanier Wed 29 Jul 2015 7:30AM
I'd also prefer free or at least open source software.
What about https://www.tuleap.org/ ?
Raphaël Jadot Wed 29 Jul 2015 3:55PM
@robertxu I think considering the switch may be good.
@jclvanier I did not know tuleap, seems nice!
Robert Xu Wed 29 Jul 2015 5:29PM
@jclvanier Tuleap looks like a nice choice as well! I'll update this post when I get a chance to assess it.
Robert Xu Wed 29 Jul 2015 5:31PM
@davidegaratti that's a good point as well - we don't want overkill.
Raphaël Jadot · Tue 28 Jul 2015 8:10AM
Thanks for this discussion Robert, note that Taiga may also be in comparison, it has many interesting features, agile, kanban à la Trello; I'm not sure there is yet timeline though.
https://taiga.io/
just for a quick view, i created some useless projects on their own platform
https://tree.taiga.io/project/ashledombos-openmandriva-new-website-2015/