Editing Bug tracking system (section)

== Distributed bug tracking ==

Some bug trackers are designed to be used with [[distributed revision control]] software. These distributed bug trackers allow bug reports to be conveniently read, added to the database or updated while a developer is offline.<ref name='lwn-distributed'>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/281849/ |title=Distributed bug tracking|author=Jonathan Corbet|access-date=7 January 2009|work=[[LWN.net]]|date=May 14, 2008}}</ref> [[Fossil (software)|Fossil]] and Veracity both include distributed bug trackers.

Recently, commercial bug tracking systems have also begun to integrate with [[distributed version control]].  [[FogBugz]], for example, enables this functionality via the source-control tool, Kiln.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBugz/learnmore.html | title=FogBugz Features | work=Fogbugz.com | access-date=2010-10-29 | archive-date=2013-07-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705174337/http://www.fogcreek.com/fogbugz/features/issue-and-bug-tracking.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Although [[wiki]]s and bug tracking systems are conventionally viewed as distinct types of software, [[ikiwiki]] can also be used as a distributed bug tracker. It can manage documents and code as well, in an integrated distributed manner. However, its query functionality is not as advanced or as user-friendly as some other, non-distributed bug trackers such as [[Bugzilla]].<ref name='ikiwiki'>{{Cite web |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/829935/lan-wan-integrated-issue-tracking-with-ikiwiki.html |title=Integrated issue tracking with Ikiwiki |access-date=10 November 2014 |author=Joey Hess|work=NetworkWorld.com |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=6 April 2007}}</ref> Similar statements can be made about [[org-mode]], although it is not wiki software as such.