Redmine as a replacement for ActiveCollab
05 Jul 2007 - DaveI’ve read some articles recently on bug trackers. Joel Spolsky does a decent job of educating folks on this class of software because he has a horse in the race. The more I read the more I think this is closer to what I can use.
Outlook’s Tasks and Tasks in Excel are difficult to manage between several computers. Same with MS Project. They’re good tools for some but increasing not for me.
This is what started me looking. Given time I could really like it.
Mantis has many features for tracking and managing issues. Some of the others are easier to work with though.
Trac is written in Python which I love. These guys are far better Python programmers than I am. It has all the features. Trac could work for me but when I tried to get co-workers to use it they had problems. They co-workers aren’t that technical but they have to be considered.
Redmine –
I have some concerns about Ruby on Rails. Performance, stability, etc. I’m not knocking RoR. I think it’s because I do not understand it well enough. Redmine’s features are just what the doctor ordered. Redmine may be the reason I’ve been looking for to get into RoR!
I’ve read most of what Eric Sink has published. SourceGear’s Vault & Fortress would be probably be a good choice.
Cost is a big factor. At work the company has big investments in software and maintenance contracts for the software that is close to their manufacturing business. Some day I may be able to justify a bigger investment here.