Re:GNU Users Who Have Never Heard of GNU (2006)
by Avamander on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @10:01PM
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> Why is Savannah so far behind GitLab?
I'd ask that question about most of the FOSS issue trackers/devops tools. Savannah, Bugzilla, Launchpad, mailing lists and git send-email are all IMHO absolutely terrible in many ways.
The web is important, but none of those tools take discoverability on the web seriously. Countless times I've searched for a solution for an issue of mine and end up digging trough unindexed Bugzilla instances or mailing lists and find the solution hours later. Such a waste. Heavens have mercy to newcomers, when one actually has to ask for clarification or report a bug, those tools are just plain and simple disrespectful because of how they waste people's time.
The below-average UI design they all have is a whole another topic, I'm all for functional UIs but those tools don't have to be so ugly and unnecessarily difficult to use. I find the wish for more contributors silly when many sites look like they've been abandoned two decades ago.
I'd ask that question about most of the FOSS issue trackers/devops tools. Savannah, Bugzilla, Launchpad, mailing lists and git send-email are all IMHO absolutely terrible in many ways.
The web is important, but none of those tools take discoverability on the web seriously. Countless times I've searched for a solution for an issue of mine and end up digging trough unindexed Bugzilla instances or mailing lists and find the solution hours later. Such a waste. Heavens have mercy to newcomers, when one actually has to ask for clarification or report a bug, those tools are just plain and simple disrespectful because of how they waste people's time.
The below-average UI design they all have is a whole another topic, I'm all for functional UIs but those tools don't have to be so ugly and unnecessarily difficult to use. I find the wish for more contributors silly when many sites look like they've been abandoned two decades ago.