BugNET

One of the more substantial changes to the next version of BugNET is the addition of custom fields.  The original ASP.NET Issue Tracker Starter kit which BugNET is based on did have this feature but was not seen as an essential feature at the time in BugNET.  With the addition of various fields to BugNET such as hardware, operating system & URL fields custom fields also did not seem necessary as a lot of extra information can be captured.

BugNET’s implementation of custom fields extends the initial design of the asp.net issue tracker starter kit which only allowed custom text fields to allow custom fields of Text, Date, dropdown List, yes/no (checkbox) and rich text. In the project administration (screenshot below) you can see that by clicking the view options button for a custom field which type is dropdown list will present the user with a list of custom options.  The user can then add or delete options as he or she fits.  These options are defined at the project level for maximum flexibility.

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BugNET 0.6.7 has been released. This is an install package only and does not contain any source code.  It adds a web installation to the application to address issues with the previous installation.

Instructions for installation are provided in the package.  If there are any issues please report them in the forums.

Download BugNET 0.6.7 here.

Source Code

The up to date source code now lies in the subversion repository on sourceforge.net.  Subversion brings a ton of enhancements over cvs and makes it easier for others to contribute to the project.  Please review the instructions on how to work with subversion.The source code for 0.66 will remain in the cvs repository for now.Versioning

A new versioning scheme for the project will now take place to align with the Microsoft .NET best practices.In the Microsoft .NET Framework, a version number has four components:

Major version number: the major release number of the product

Minor version number: a minor number used to identify interim releases

Build version number: a number used to identify development releases or patch releases

Revision version number: a number used to identify different development builds of a product

This means that the next release of BugNET will be 0.7.0.X.  I will be invistigating how...