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Bugzilla on Windows?

Posted by Cliff on from the a-painful-process dept.

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?"

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  1. Just use BSD or Linux or OS X, forget about wins by norwoodites · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Just setup a BSD or Linux box in secret or even at home first. And then show management, how easy it is.
    There is no point in going through the mess of setting up windows as bugzilla server.

  2. Linux on VMware on Windows! by j-turkey · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So if your work machine has to run windows, set up something free (Linux, BSD, whatever) to run on VMware on top of Windows. It's a win-win!

    ;P

    --

    -Turkey

  3. coLinux by pajama · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I cant believe I'm going to say this, but why don't you run Linux *inside* Windows? Try coLinux:
    coLinux.

    On the other hand, I installed Bugzilla under Linux once, and it was overkill... I'm using Mantis for all my projects now.

  4. user mode linux. by leuk_he · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isn't there some user mode linux port that runs under windows? In those webbased interfaces kind of software this might be a solutions.

    Anyone tried it? Or is user mode linix just a development toy?

  5. Why not... by Zurd3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    install it on your Linux Server at home and access it from the job. Easy enough.