RedMine vs Github Issues - opinions?

> Hello all,
>
> last few weeks we have been discussing RedMine upgrade while few of
> us raised question about using Github Issues. The key question is
> what you - community developers and users - think about RedMine and
> Github Issues.
>
> As a starting point for the discussion, let me summarize pros/cons
> from my point of view:
>
> RedMine Pros: - our own service - lots of fields to fill - owner -
> priority - category - target version - difficulty -
> bug/request/feature types - integrated with wiki, IRC/GIT - other
> features like files, roadmap, activity
>
> RedMine Cons: - our own service - interface is a bit funky - new
> users need to register - multiple projects structure can be
> confusing - does not support "take bug" (one need to scroll through
> the list) - new bug form maybe too complicated for new reporters -
> watchers checkbox forrest is annoying (should go away with the
> upgrade)
>
> Github Issues Pros: - hosted service - excellent integration with
> github/pull requests - familiar and fast interface - agile fields:
> - owner - target version (milestone) - labels feature (can be used
> for the missing fields) - possibility that user already have github
> account
>
> Github Issues Cons: - hosted service - missing fields: - priority -
> category - difficulty - no bug/request/feature types

You can use labels to mimic bug/request/feature types.
Same for priority and category.

ยทยทยท On 07/15/2013 02:34 PM, Lukas Zapletal wrote:

Folks are evaluating Chilli Project which is a fork of Red Mine,
we could use that as well. I guess we can assume Chilli Project =
Red Mine for now.

So the question is - should we upgrade RedMine and stay on that or
should we evaluate Github Issues and try if that works for us?

Please send us your feedback.