How to simulate voting in GitHub's Issues 2.0 Tracker

Question

I'm considering moving my open-source project Flyway from Google Code to GitHub.

One of the features I really like in Google Code's Issue Tracker is the ability to vote and sort issues by the number of votes. This has allowed me to get a good feel of where current pain points lie and what the community feels needs attention or further work.

How can I achieve something similar on GitHub? Is there a way to maintain a democratic approach to Issue Tracking?

Answer 1

There is no built-in ability to do so. Technically speaking, you can only manage issues by

• assignee
• tags (called labels at github)
• milestones

While you can define label systems for lots of differentation criteria like

• bug/feature request/...
• prio high/low/...
• status verified/unverified

it is simply not possible to have something that accumulates votes. So typically you will see "+1" postings as in good old mailing lists. I've seen people using external voting systems (like Google moderator) for issues on github, but that doesn't make a good user experience either.

Answer 2

If you're willing to use a third-party system that integrates with GitHub, you can try GitPoll.