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While bugs and features being worked on are always discussed on the developers mailing list it is also important to keep a formal list of them. The trackers do this and allow a priority number to be given to an entry, as well as comments and patches to be attached to each entry.
I have made an effort to keep the bug and feature trackers up to date by opening and closing entries whenever a new bug is reported or one is fixed. Anyone can add a new entry to the trackers and many bugs and features are added directly to them as a quicker alternative to having to subscribe to the mailing lists. As with CVS, I set up the trackers to send changes to the developer mailing list to ensure everyone is informed of any changes.
Two other trackers are offered by Sourceforge, patches and support. I have not found them to be very useful because they offer little over what can be done with mailing lists. The feature to assign tracker items to certain developers has also been little used possibly because it signifies a definite commitment to do the job which they may not be able to fulfil.