Re: Processed: control message for bug #33200

[Michael Albinus]

Noam Postavsky <address@hidden> writes:

Hi,

>> So first, dear GNU debbugs people, would it be currently possible for
>> “gnus” bugs to be automatically tagged “emacs”?  would it be hard to
>> hack debbugs to do so (so to deal with such “subpackages”)?  Or should
>> “gnus” package be removed?
>
> I think the "gnus" package should be removed. It was discussed a bit
> on Bug#20670 (not otherwise related):
>
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=20670#17

I'm not sure. "gnus" is used as second package beside "emacs", so it is
simple to filter for gnus bugs in debbugs. A gnus bug report, at least
when calling "M-x gnus-bug", adds the header "X-Debbugs-Package: emacs,gnus",
which sounds OK to me. This was changed by Lars on Feb 7 2017, so I
guess all Emacs versions since 26.1 behave so.

> Yeah, I have in my .emacs.d an alternate function which just adds the
> control commands to an email, so that the user can review before
> sending. I will see about adding it to debbugs.el.

Patches welcome!

>> and I ended the bug “owner” (I’m learning so I still don’t even
>> know what does that mean ^^' (is this reversible without intending
>> unintended meaning such as “I don’t want to help with this bug” (while
>> I’d like to, but amn’t aware of how exactely)?)).
>
> I don't think anybody really uses "owner" much, so it de facto hardly
> means anything.

If you are using debbugs.el, it might be helpful to read its user
guide. Try (info "(debbugs-ug)")

The attribute "owner" is intended to document, who is responsible for
fixing a bug. Usually, you tag a bug with it in order to tell other
people that you are working on the bug. However, in the Emacs community
this is used rarely.

I heartly invite you to check the debbugs.el user guide, and to report
whatever you believe shall be fixed there. And of course, you could ask
further questions.

Bug reports about the debbugs ELPA package shall go to Emacs, "M-x
report-emacs-bug" as usual.

Best regards, Michael.