We used to use something similar to this at work: Keystone

I'd say go for something like Keystone or Request Tracker. It should have the ability to add tasks, assign them to people, and track their progress. It would also serve as a bug tracking and new feature tracking system once the project is well along its way.

When i said 'used to use', we stopped using it when we wrote our own. We needed it to be very custom to our projects, so we figured it would be better to use one that we had 100% full control over from the beginning.

I can probably learn those languages, havn't really made an attempt to because noone hosts that kind of stuff for free. Anyways, are there any good sources to learn these (being Mysql, php, xml, etc)

Sorry for the offtopicness

Sure ... there are TONS of good sources. Check out google.com to find out even more. With a quick search, I found these sites. (Also note that if you are willing to spend some money, or just go to the library, O'Reilly always has good Tech Books available. Or go to amazon.com for more selection.)

MySql:
http://www.mysql.com
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/MySQL
PHP:
http://www.php.net/
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP
XML:
http://www.xml.com/
http://www.ucc.ie:8080/cocoon/xmlfaq
(and, of course, the W3C specification!)

Go with KeyStone, it is PHP. The other is perl, and that gets more complex if you want to customize it.

I wouldn't say that, necessarily. The basic product allows for a lot of customization in and of itself. And if you need that extra level of customization, what makes perl so more complex? If you would even need to extend the source, it is written in modular form, and object-oriented, making it easy to add custom bits of code.

Of course, this only goes if you know perl I suppose, but lots of people do and lots of help is available. If more people seem to be familar with PHP that are helping with the project (and it appears that way), then maybe you should go with KeyStone. I would recommend looking at the features of both though, and seeing which meets your needs best and if you need to customize them any. I, for one, however, am very familiar with Perl and can help out if necessary.

I too know Perl. I am saying go with PHP as more people know it, and well the whole site should be made with PHP anyways... so why not extend that into the Request Tracker.. (not to mention the original request was a php one anyways).

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Wow, I hope the wave of excitement that you have generated here keeps on going through 2004. I have been quietly (and I admit skeptically) reading for a while now and I'm no longer a skeptic - count me in. FIRST will really benefit from this effort.

I would like to contribute in one particular area: Data Collection Quality. The backbone of a great database is quality, dependable data. I'd like to help define the fields and the rules we use to enter new data into the fields. IMHO our consistency here is the key.

Ken

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Wooo....

That made my day! ;)

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I hope you all know what a huge deal it is to get Ken & the Huskies on board. He'll be able to tremendously help this project. It looks like the momentum is building, keep up the good work Jack & everyone else.

I will be happy to help with any kind on administrative (technical) or help apk with any thing that he is doing.

The feature request script is all done.. I wrote it myself in PHP! See the thread here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=21085