debbugs
{{Infobox software
|name = Debbugs
|title = Debbugs
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|author = Ian Jackson
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|released = {{Start date and age|1994}}{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Ian|title=Debian bug tracking software|url=http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/debbugs/|access-date=16 June 2013|archive-date=21 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921050315/http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/debbugs/|url-status=dead}}
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| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
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|programming language = Perl, others
|operating system = Debian
|platform = Linux
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|genre = Issue tracking system
|license = GNU General Public License
|website = {{URL|www.debian.org/Bugs/}}
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Debbugs is the software powering the Debian project's issue tracking system. Uniquely{{cn|date=April 2019}} it doesn't have any form of web-interface to edit bug reports{{snd}} all modification is done through email. Debbugs was mainly written by Ian Jackson, former Debian project leader.
Debbugs consists of a set of scripts which maintain a database of problem reports. The scripts have been parameterised so that they can be used for other projects besides Debian. The system runs on Unix-like operating systems such as Unix and Linux. Most of the source code is written in Perl. It is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License.
It is strongly recommended{{cite web | url = http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting | title = Reporting bugs in Debian | publisher = Debian Project | access-date = 1 February 2014}} that people use the reportbug program when reporting bugs in Debian.
History
Debbugs started as a rudimentary issue tracking system in 1994. The software was generalized starting from 1997 but was only officially released as Debbugs 1 in January 1999.[http://ftp-master.metadata.debian.org/changelogs/main/d/debbugs/unstable_changelog debbugs source package's changelog]
Soon after the GNOME project abandoned Debbugs, the KDE project also switched to Bugzilla in 2002.{{cite web|last=Naber|first=Daniel|title=KDE Switches To Bugzilla|url=http://dot.kde.org/2002/09/18/kde-switches-bugzilla|date=18 September 2002}}
Deployments
The oldest and largest deployment of Debbugs is the Debian project's.{{cite web | url = http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ | title = Debian bug tracking system | publisher = Debian Project | access-date = 2010-06-07}} {{As of|2018|March}}, the Debian debbugs instance had handled over 890,000 bug reports.{{cite web | url = https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892000 | title = Debian Bug report logs - #892000 | publisher = Debian Project | date = 2018-03-04 | access-date = 2018-03-20}}
The GNU Project has deployed a public instance of debbugs{{cite web | url = http://debbugs.gnu.org/ | title = GNU Bug Tracker | publisher = GNU Project | access-date = 2010-06-07}} that can be used by GNU software or GNU Savannah-hosted free software.{{cite web | url = http://debbugs.gnu.org/Using.html | title = Using this system to track your project's bugs | publisher = GNU Project | access-date = 2011-09-15}}
Integration
Ubuntu's Launchpad recognizes and integrates with Debian's debbugs instance.{{cite web | url = https://launchpad.net/bugs/bugtrackers/debbugs | title = Bug trackers - Debian Bug tracker | publisher = Ubuntu | access-date = 2010-06-07}}
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ Debian bug tracking system]
- [http://bugs.debian.org/debbugs-source/ Debbugs source code]
- [http://wiki.debian.org/BTS Debian wiki's page on Debian's issue tracking system], with a good part of information on Debbugs in general
- [http://cd.textfiles.com/infomagic/imagicldr199511/disk3/debian/debian-bugs/html/ Debian bug report logs as they shown in November 1995], reflecting an early state of Debbugs
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Category:Bug and issue tracking software
Category:Free software programmed in Perl
Category:Software using the GNU General Public License
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