bug#65882: 29.1; rcirc doesn't rejoin channels automatically on reconnecting

[Manphiz]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> Manphiz <manphiz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>>
>>> The change makes sense, but I'll want to try it out to make sure we are
>>> doing the right thing.  Unless I write something here, ping me in a few
>>> days.  These kinds of auto-reconnect bugs can be annoying to debug in
>>> real-life situations.
>>>
>>
>> Friendly ping.
>
> I haven't noticed any issues, and the change makes sense.  I'll apply it
> to master.  Thanks!
>

Great, thanks!

Additionally, is it OK to backport this to 29 branch or even 28 branch?
Or is there any automatic backport process for release branches?

>>> Manphiz <manphiz@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> severity 65882 + minor
>>>>> thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Manphiz <manphiz@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I noticed that you lowered the severity of this bug from "normal" to
>>>>>> "wishlist".  AIUI rcirc provides a way to automatically join channels
>>>>>> upon connecting to a server and currently this is not working as
>>>>>> intended, so IMHO it should be considered a bug instead of a feature
>>>>>> request (a wishlist).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, so I bumped it to minor.  I hope that makes more sense.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>>> (If you are using severity as a means to manage bug triage priority
>>>>>> I'm OK with that.)
>>>>>
>>>>> My impression is that almost no one pays attention to bug severities, so
>>>>> I wouldn't make too much of it.  Bug reports that come with a patch,
>>>>> like yours did, tend to get more visibility though.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ah got it.  It's my first time filing bug here so not very familiar with
>>>> the convention.  Looks like tagging patch was a good move :)
>>>
>>> So this patch would be applied without a copyright assignment, right?
>>>
>>>>>> Personally, as the patch is sufficiently trivial, I would hope it won't
>>>>>> take too much work for a review.  But I would understand if dealing with
>>>>>> rcirc-user-authenticated is more involved than it looks like and should
>>>>>> be handled with care.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've copied in the rcirc maintainers.  Let's see if they have any
>>>>> comments first.
>>>>
>>>> Great!  Thanks again!

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Manphiz