What tools do folks use to actively track bugs? I've been using GNATS for ~25 years (so have a large "history file" for my various projects, over the years). Presently, I release incremental "dumps" of pertinent portions to folks who are leeching off my codebase (no real-time access to my sources remotely -- nor is there a desire for same!) so they can see what's been uncovered and repaired (to further clarify changes in the regression testing suites). GNATS dump corresponds with codebase dump ("dot" release). Aside from "reminders" to myself regarding what I've found, how I found it, how I fixed it and a cumulative history file, I mainly use it to track "bug rate", over time, as a crude predictor of "bugs remaining". (does anyone else do this?) [Bugs don't linger in the codebase; when discovered, they're usually promptly repaired so there's little need to query the DB for "outstanding" bugs nor assign responsibility for fixing same.] My primary repo is CVS-based (again, more than 25 years of history therein -- no, I'm not keen on converting it to a newer VCS as CVS fits my needs adequately). I don't see much need/appeal to integrate bug tracking with the VCS. GNATS has been a win because it just catalogs my discoveries without getting in the way of my other tools/process. But, I'll be developing "user-level" apps, soon, and those will be more "exposed", going forward (i.e., maintained by users), so a more current tool may be appropriate.

Bug tracking tools
Started by ●October 26, 2020
