Bugzilla on Windows?

slipandfall asks: "I just started work at a 100% Windows shop (no chance of changing this) and would love to implement Bugzilla for issue tracking but statements like this - 'Making Bugzilla work on Windows is still a painful processes.' in the OS-Specific installation notes don't make it seem reasonable. Since there is no chance of using Linux/UNIX here, can I get people's experiences using Bugzilla on Windows or experience with a tool (open source or not) on Windows with similar notification, discussion and issue tracking features?"

Comments

Issue Tracking

[the eric conspiracy]

To begin with Bugzilla is a very crude bugtracking system that is really only suited for open source projects. It reeks for more generalized issue tracking applications. If you set it up it isn't going to impress management on how cool OSS is. I would suggest looking online for other alternatives. I know that the guys at Tigris.org maintain a list of OSS alternatives, and have their own system wich I think is much nicer than Bugzilla.

Re:Issue Tracking

[wskellenger]

Why in the hell would a "handful" of large projects use a system that sucks?

KDE, Mozilla, Gnome -- these developers are all morons, using the worst system available? What in the hell are you guys smoking?

After you're done answering the above questions, please state a few reasons why you feel Bugzilla is the worst system around. What do the other systems do better? How could Bugzilla be improved?

Contrary to your opinions, I think Bugzilla is a absolutely fantastic issue tracking system. It has dramatically improved productivity and communication in our global organization. Our product is an embedded controller in the auto industry, not OSS. We're also tracking several other projects, including some desktop apps, with the same installation.

As a mechanical engineer with very limited Linux exposure (see my Journal), I installed Bugzilla one year ago. It took me under five hours, including modifications (to fields only!) to make it centered around our product and not desktop software. I haven't touched the box since then. It just works, period. Our software engineers and vehicle test engineers love it. Management has been very impressed with it. Mention that it's free and they can't believe it.

Re:Just use BSD or Linux or OS X, forget about win

[drkich]

In the real world it does not work like that. You see what the person was too polite to say was, "Please do not flame me with the fsck wins, go linux anyways, messages".

Really, if the person says you can not go to linux at his shop, just take him for his word. If you have nothing useful to add at this point, please keep it to yourself.

Or go ahead and say it anyways and just get mod'd down.