[OSM-talk] Unification of OpenStreetBugs an Trac

[David Earl]

On 26/11/2008 17:27, Ian Dees wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:20 AM, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com 
> <mailto:david at frankieandshadow.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Just a thought - there isn't already a change tracking system for
>     geographical data out there is there, or an add on or plugin for an
>     existing system?
> 
> 
> No, I don't think there's ever been a use case for what we're talking 
> about before.
> 
> I would think it would relatively trivial to add a "Location" value to 
> any of the open source bug tracking systems.
> 
> The hard part might be adapting the bug tracking system to allow anyone 
> to use it with the same (low) amount of work needed to contribute with 
> the current OSB set up. Showing the user a signup page for the bug 
> tracking system is impractical. Only the people who care about fixing 
> the bugs should see those bits of the interface.

Well the map could be a front end, which behaves as a registered user, 
so it just submits the same form that it would had it been typed in 
directly to submit a new issue. Marking the map with exsiting issues 
would be the bigger problem I think - especially if the number of 
reports gets large.

David