Snapshot of a Bugzilla database

Bugzilla is not my preferred choice when choosing a bug/issue/incident tracking system : I found Jira (way) more powerful and flexible, even a the price of an increased complexity and learning curve (for the administrator).

Some times ago I worked on a bugzilla installation used mainly to track software development for a large, enterprise-level ERP.

One requirement was to display the status of the database at a particular time in the past (for reporting purposes), but Bugzilla doesn’t have such tool (it has other nice reports btw). Continue reading “Snapshot of a Bugzilla database”

Lift properties improved

Lift web framework uses a sophisticated file-based strategy for application properties, based on modes/hosts and file naming conventions. While very handy, this could be unpractical on a CI environment where typically one doesn’t want to mess with the filesystem (think CloudBees), and doesn’t want to store sensitive properties (such as user credentials) into SCM.

The problem is well known, and a few strategies exists. Continue reading “Lift properties improved”

Should I run that semi marathon?

Say that you want to run a semi marathon but you’re not sure about how you will perform WRT the average runner. The Sémi Maraton of Paris, with > 30k runners is quite a different story than the Sémi Marathon de Nogent with ~ 2000 600 runners. If you’re not fast, you will not be alone in the former, but you will be noticed in the latter. Continue reading “Should I run that semi marathon?”