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Jitterbug

Jitterbug is a free bug-tracking system. That is, it provides a mechanism to maintain a database of problem reports and the status of resolving each one and produce reports from that database.

Jitterbug and CVS

The Jitterbug web site has an interesting example of using Jitterbug to log CVS commit messages. This is a straightforward matter of gluing together the usual CVS email features with Jitterbug, but it might open the door for interesting things.

Where to Get Jitterbug:

  • Download the Jitterbug release from the official Jitterbug page. It says it currently requires a "vaguely Unix-like operating system" (and a web server, of course).

More Information:

Mailing Lists and Newsgroups:

  • There is a mailing list for discussions concerning Jitterbug. To subscribe send a message to stproc@samba.anu.edu.au whose body consists of "subscribe jitterbug your full name" where your full name is for example "John Smith".
  • The newsgroup for Jitterbug (and other bug tracking and version control systems) is comp.software.config-mgmt.

Derek Price, CVS developer and technical editor of Essential CVS (Essentials line from O'Reilly Press) , and others offer consulting services and training through Ximbiot.