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The bugtracker started life as a quick hack to solve an immediate need, and, up until the formation of javafreedom.org, has grown rather haphazardly.  Now, though, things are to be harnessed into a proper development framework, with proper goals in mind.  As it stands, here is what is planned for the bugtracker.

v0.1.x: based on the original jsp code base, will not be maintained/developed further.

v0.2.x: A newer, servlet/template based implementation, currently in beta2.  The following functionality is targeted for the full 0.2 release:

1) Proper user roles implementation, controlling what a user is able to see/modify.

2) Allowance for administrators to seamlessly manage user roles in a project.

3) Wizard-style signup interfaces for users to register and request clearance to write bugs for particular projects.

4) Binary distributions as .war files, with proper installers for Unix, Windows, and Macintosh systems.

v0.3.x: database independence via the use of Castor JDO.  Other features planned for this release include:

1) Database independence

2) Additional fields relating to bug/issue solutions should be stored in the db, along with details of who provided the fix.  Perhaps an additional 'comments' table is what is required.

3) Bug searching (using keywords, or text searching on the body of the bug)

4) Uploading images/files to attach to bugs

5) Users to monitor bugs they've reported to see responses as and when they come in.

v1.x.x: This is the big kahuna.  Currently still on the drawing-board (see the 'designs' directory of the cvs), this version will be built atop the J2EE platform using Enterprise JavaBeans and transactions for the backend, XML for data output (supporting many different front ends - servlets, swing, raw xml, mobile devices), asynchronous messaging between installations of related products, recursive bug dependencies, and many more features.

 If you are interested in helping out in any of the above versions (and we encourage you to take active interest!), you should join the developers mailing list, post your details and experience, and speak to the current maintainer of this project, Manik Surtani, who co-ordinates the effort.