Comments on: Bug Trackers and Professional Networking

By: Ben Tremblay

Ben Tremblay — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:41:51 +0000

Coincidentally I sent this to a friend today: "A typical gnarly Moz/Firefox Bugzilla exchange ...". We had been chatting about heavy-lifting VS rainbow-coloured smoke ... snake-oil ... "marketing" VS "sales" ... light/heat and signal/noise (which, BTW, in the industry is called SNR). BTW: Andy Skelton's "WP Hackers" from early October. "There has been much discussion of the “low signal-to-noise ratio” on the wp-hackers list of late. Not that we need to move that discussion off wp-hackers, but ..."

By: GaQuay

GaQuay — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:01:26 +0000

I think for many projects it’s the bug tracker. But for some it may also be Planet, or a wiki as well.

By: j_aroche

j_aroche — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:37:17 +0000

for me, SourceForge bug tracker is my favorite Professional Network .

By: Venter

Venter — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:25:07 +0000

Ryan,

I agree with you, hands down the WordPress Bug Tracker and Community is one the most helpful on the web. The extensive knowledge the users know is great, especially when I was working with the wordpress MU! Thanks to all and Cheers!

By: Robert Accettura

Robert Accettura — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:41:54 +0000

I think for many projects it’s the bug tracker. But for some it may also be Planet, or a wiki as well.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:36:23 +0000

Ryan,

You gave one of the most candid explanations of the mindset of an open sourcer:

“The folks who consistently contribute to the bug tracker keep popping up in my feed reader and reminding me of the great work they do. When we have dollars to spend on people, these folks are on my mind.” (Ryan B)

Awesome! Although that shouldn’t be the only motivation for open source work (passion is my favorite), it’s a good thing to relate on the topic of networking.

By: john.jones.name

john.jones.name — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:22:55 +0000

hey there yes the bug tracker is pretty good for open source projects but I would say their for me is a major difference at least to me those with trac and those without… trac makes life easy and having to use bugzilla at work I now really like trac…

regrads

John Jones
http://www.johnjones.me.uk

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:41:34 +0000

How can you use WordPress Trac for networking? I don’t see any way to directly contact another Trac user. There’s no contact information, nor a “send email” facility (at least not that I can find).

By: Dougal Campbell

Dougal Campbell — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:55:52 +0000

How about the “Recent Changes” page on your project wiki? I try to keep an eye on that at my office, along with the bug tracker.