Comment Depends on target market (Score 2) 159
It really depends on who you target your product to if public bug database is a good or bad thing.
If you target people like developers they are more likely to view a public list as a very good thing and you will likely get more positive reaction than if you do not have such. If you target other types of people, then indeed public bug list will scare away potential customers way too often due to lack of understanding to be a good thing.
As you are in ERP I would say hide it is more likely harmful than beneficial. So, yes I would say make it nonpublic in general.
But as it is a good thing to help developers I would keep it visible to resellers and to any customer who wants to see it (maybe make a simple customer portal where they can log in and access it)