gnats-3.2: description + notes
Any support organization realizes that a large amount of data flows back and forth between the
maintainers and the users of their products. This data often takes the form of problem reports and
communication via electronic mail. GNATS addresses the problem of organizing this
communication by defining a database made up of archived and indexed electronic mail messages.
GNATS was designed as a tool for software maintainers. It consists of several utilities which, when
used in concert, formulate and administer a database of Problem Reports grouped by site-defined
"problem categories". It allows a support organization to keep track of problems (hence the term
"Problem Report") in an organized fashion. Essentially, GNATS acts as an active archive for
field-separated textual data submitted through electronic mail.
Note: Several manual steps are necessary to complete installation
of this package. For details see the gnats.info documentation (try
"info 'Keeping Track'") and
/usr/freeware/lib/gnats/fix-owners.
The default GNATS_ROOT is /usr/freeware/lib/gnats/gnats-db.
To auto-install this package, go back and click on the respective install icon.
