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From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: can Gnus simply use the Emacs bug tracker?
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:44:05 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8739mmvrbe.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m339mnc6ox.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org>

On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:32:14 +0100 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote: 

LMI> Or perhaps we could just remove `M-x gnus-bug' from the version in the
LMI> trunk, and tell people to report the bugs the normal way?
LMI> Alternatively, define `M-x gnus-bug' as an alias to `M-x
LMI> report-emacs-bugs'.  Perhaps with the extra package thing?

I think the second way is better, yes, so we can customize `gnus-bug'
as needed.

On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:55:33 -0400 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> wrote: 

GM> Glenn Morris wrote (on Wed, 16 Mar 2011 at 13:51 -0400):

>> Yes, I suggest you make M-x gnus-bug always send mail to bug-gnu-emacs.
>> The only difference should be that in standalone Gnus, you add a line
>> "Package: gnus" at the start of the body, whereas in Emacs you add
>> "Package: emacs,gnus".

GM> The only difficulty is you need to document that bug reports will end
GM> up at different addresses based on the package line. Maybe it's better
GM> to send the mail to submit@debbugs rather than bug-gnu-emacs. It
GM> doesn't affect how anything works, but it might make people a bit less
GM> likely to say "why isn't my report showing up on bug-gnu-emacs?"

So M-x gnus-bug will: 1) send to submit@debbugs, and 2) set the Package
to either "gnus" in a Gnus checkout, or "emacs,gnus" in a trunk
checkout.  No mail server reconfiguration will be necessary.

Ted




  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-16 18:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-15 16:38 Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-15 17:40 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-15 18:27   ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-15 19:32   ` Glenn Morris
2011-03-15 19:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-15 19:23 ` Glenn Morris
2011-03-15 19:41   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-15 19:47   ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-15 23:27     ` Glenn Morris
2011-03-16 14:00       ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-16 15:41         ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-16 15:58           ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-16 17:51             ` Glenn Morris
2011-03-16 17:55               ` Glenn Morris
2011-03-16 19:41                 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-16 17:32         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-16 18:44           ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2011-03-17 16:52             ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-17 17:27               ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-17 17:40                 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-17 19:12                   ` Ted Zlatanov
     [not found]                   ` <3tmxkty6up.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
2011-03-18  8:33                     ` Reiner Steib
2011-03-18 13:04                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-29 18:53                         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-29 19:09                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-06-28 15:31                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-06-28 15:33                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-15 20:31   ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-15 20:45     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

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