PatchTracking < U-Boot

---+ The U-Boot Patch Tracking System
%T% Note: This could also be used as a Bug Tracking System, but there
are no bugs in U-Boot, just Features&trade;, right?
---
The U-Boot Patch Tracking System is based on
[[http://www.gnu.org/software/gnats/][GNATS]], the GNU Bug Tracking System:

<blockquote>
GNU GNATS is a set of tools for tracking bugs reported by users to a central
site. It allows problem report management and communication with users via
various means. GNATS stores all the information about problem reports in its
databases and provides tools for querying, editing, and maintenance of the
databases.

Thanks to its architecture, GNATS is not bound to a single user interface - it
can be used via command line, e-mail, Emacs, or a network daemon, usually used
with a Web interface. Together with the fact that all GNATS databases and
configuration can be stored in plain text files, it allows easy use and
provides good flexibility.
</blockquote>

The main reasons for choosing GNATS (and not, for example,
[[http://www.bugzilla.org/][Bugzilla]]) were that it
   1 allows for a seamless integration with the e-mail (mailing list) based
     communication between developers which has evolved over years
   1 is easy to configure, to use, and to extend

The following documentation is intended to summarize the  information
necessary to use the U-Boot Patch Tracking System
   * as a normal (unprivileged) user,
     %BR% for example, to report bugs or submit patches, and to check what
     happened to your submissions
   * as an U-Boot [[U-Boot.Custodians][Custodian]],
     %BR% for example, to follow up to a patch submission or to close an entry.

Those interested in further details of GNATS are referred to the official
documentation: %BR%
[[http://www.gnu.org/software/gnats/doc/gnats-4.1.999/]["Keeping Track - The GNU Problem Report Management System"]]

Users will access GNATS using the following interfaces:
   * [[GnatsEmail][via e-mail]]
   * [[GnatsWeb][with a Web interface]]