launchpad.net automatically watches some external bug tracker, so it must be possible.
Launchpad can also sync comments bi-directionally with some bug trackers (Trac and Bugzillas that install a Launchpad API plugin. Bugzilla 3.4 instances will also be supported).
I've done three boxes now, two desktops and a laptop, and had no problems. One of the desktops had been upgraded from Breezy to Dapper and as such I expected there to be some issues but it went as smoothly as I could have wished for.
The key, I think, was in cleaning the crap (and un-upgradeable packages) off the box by getting the results of apt-show-versions | grep 'No available' | awk '{ print $1 }' (i.e. all packages with no repository entry) and removing them before starting. That and having a good backup.
Upgrades are always going to be problematic, but I'd wager that eight out of ten problems are the result of not preparing for the upgrade properly before starting. That the system chokes on something it isn't expecting half way through might not always be the fault of the system itself. After all, there's only so much it can plan for.
We have 40 years of study backing up what I've said. Go do some research.
Or, conversely, how about you point me to a relevant piece of research to back up your point?
Note that I said "or at least less easy to avoid." Under the same set of circumstances (say a child / stationary car / cow in the middle of the road, 50 yards after a blind bend) and accident would be easier to avoid at 30mph than it would at, say, 50mph, simply because you have more time to react to it.
Further I'm not even convinced that speeding is that dangerous, drink/drug driving is far more likely to result in a fatal accident - and I have met people who do just that for fun. It's idiocy but these are just the people who you'd need to deal with...
Speeding does make accidents more likely, or at least less easy to avoid. Increasing your speed increases your stopping distance and also decreases the amount of time you have in which to react to a given set of circumstances.
Moreover, the results of a higher-speed accident are usually more severe. Just look at the difference in injuries between a child hit at 30mph (usually survivable if we're to believe the literature) and one hit at, say 60mph (usually fatal, IIRC).
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launchpad.net automatically watches some external bug tracker, so it must be possible.
Launchpad can also sync comments bi-directionally with some bug trackers (Trac and Bugzillas that install a Launchpad API plugin. Bugzilla 3.4 instances will also be supported).
Disclosure: I'm a Launchpad developer.
I've done three boxes now, two desktops and a laptop, and had no problems. One of the desktops had been upgraded from Breezy to Dapper and as such I expected there to be some issues but it went as smoothly as I could have wished for.
The key, I think, was in cleaning the crap (and un-upgradeable packages) off the box by getting the results of apt-show-versions | grep 'No available' | awk '{ print $1 }' (i.e. all packages with no repository entry) and removing them before starting. That and having a good backup.
Upgrades are always going to be problematic, but I'd wager that eight out of ten problems are the result of not preparing for the upgrade properly before starting. That the system chokes on something it isn't expecting half way through might not always be the fault of the system itself. After all, there's only so much it can plan for.
Or, conversely, how about you point me to a relevant piece of research to back up your point?
Note that I said "or at least less easy to avoid." Under the same set of circumstances (say a child / stationary car / cow in the middle of the road, 50 yards after a blind bend) and accident would be easier to avoid at 30mph than it would at, say, 50mph, simply because you have more time to react to it.
Speeding does make accidents more likely, or at least less easy to avoid. Increasing your speed increases your stopping distance and also decreases the amount of time you have in which to react to a given set of circumstances.
Moreover, the results of a higher-speed accident are usually more severe. Just look at the difference in injuries between a child hit at 30mph (usually survivable if we're to believe the literature) and one hit at, say 60mph (usually fatal, IIRC).