Re: [mantisbt-dev] bug replication

[Martin F. <mar...@gm...>]

Hello Aristedes,

yes it would be a good thing to use an interface capable to be used also for connecting other systems like e.g. Bugzilla. A web service using standard SOAP messages would be a way toachieve this goal. So I added your ideas to the Wiki page.

Regards,

    Martin

On 16.05.2007 09:35:01 Aristedes Maniatis wrote:
> Perhaps this is beyond the scope of your immediate goals, but imagine  
> an interface which any bug tracker could implement and allowed  
> replication or query between any tool which implemented it. The  
> Eclipse Mylar project goes part of the way toward this goal, but by  
> creating custom Mylar connectors per bug tracker.

> If a standard set of interfaces for getTask(id)->task, createTask 
> (task), etc. were created, along with standard definitions of the  
> structure of a task and its relationships, then this would be  
> certainly possible. Interactions could be not just between task  
> trackers, but also between CRM or ERP systems and task trackers.  
> Imagine being able to create a simple dashboard widget (for those OSX  
> users out there) which allowed creating new tasks against a range of  
> task trackers. Or completely abstracting the front end (GUI) from the  
> database and business logic. Mantis attempts this with the API  
> methods, but there isn't always a good separation.

> From my research, most bug trackers are pretty similar in terms of  
> database structure.

> Sure, it is more work, but the potential benefits of creating an open  
> generic API are huge. Several transports are possible, but possibly  
> SOAP is one of the easiest and most adaptable. I wonder if developers  
> from other projects would be interested in collaborating.

> Cheers
> Ari Maniatis