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Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker.
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker. |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:19:38 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Karl Fogel wrote:
> For a project like Emacs, a bug tracker whose primary interface is
> email is borderline useless.
When we were searching for a bug tracker, one whose primary interface
was email was one of main criteria, if not the main issue.
> * What is "Toggle useless messages" for?
> (Please don't answer that. I don't care what the answer is;
It's easy to remove this button from the display, but it's sometimes
useful, and does not seem that big of a deal.
> * Why would I want to "View this report as an [mbox folder],
> [status mbox], [maintainer mbox]"? Who is this aimed at?
People who want to download the raw report.
> * Why does the bug report *start* by default with "Message #3"?
Because of the useless messages which you don't care about, I think.
> * Why does the bottom of the bug report say "Last modified: Wed Jan 13
> 23:51:14 2010", when the most recent visible activity in the bug
> dates from 6 October 2009?
It's the date the page was generated. It's a bit useless I agree.
> * "To reply or subscribe to this bug, see [here]."
This used to be a mailto link, but I changed it in an effort to stop
the tide of spam.
> 3) Although the web UI could, in theory, give instructions on how to
> change the state of the bug, in practice it doesn't.
We've had numerous explanations on this list, and I have tried to
write notes in admin/notes/bugtracker. Once you get used to it, it's
fairly straightforward, I think.
> 4) If you're not subscribed to a bug via email, then manipulating
> it by email involves lots of cutting-and-pasting from browser to
> mail client (i.e., bug number, bug subject, etc).
Or you can use those "mbox" buttons to download a mail to which you
can then reply.
- Re: bug spam, (continued)
- Re: bug spam, Glenn Morris, 2010/01/14
- Re: bug spam, Glenn Morris, 2010/01/19
- Re: bug spam, Chong Yidong, 2010/01/19
- Re: bug spam, Glenn Morris, 2010/01/19
- Re: bug spam, Glenn Morris, 2010/01/19
- Re: bug spam, Glenn Morris, 2010/01/14
Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker., Karl Fogel, 2010/01/13
Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker.,
Glenn Morris <=
- Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker., Karl Fogel, 2010/01/13
- Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker., Glenn Morris, 2010/01/13
- Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker., Karl Fogel, 2010/01/14
- Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker., Stefan Monnier, 2010/01/14
- Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker., Karl Fogel, 2010/01/14
- Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker., Deniz Dogan, 2010/01/14
- Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker., Stefan Monnier, 2010/01/14
- Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker., Stephen J. Turnbull, 2010/01/14
- Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker., Stefan Monnier, 2010/01/14
Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker., Miles Bader, 2010/01/15