[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: December 2020 (old) bugs squashing!
From: |
zimoun |
Subject: |
Re: December 2020 (old) bugs squashing! |
Date: |
Mon, 07 Dec 2020 03:26:05 +0100 |
Hi,
On Sat, 05 Dec 2020 at 20:42, "Bonface M. K." <bonfacemunyoki@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just curious, how do you get debbugs to show
> forgotten patches. I'm only beginning to use it
> now ...
Forgotten patches are just old patches. ;-)
What I do with Emacs is: “M-x debbugs-gnu“ to have all the bugs and
patches; with something in my config file as:
(setq
debbugs-gnu-default-packages '("guix-patches" "guix")
gnus-summary-line-format "%I%(%[ %n%]%) %s\n"))
Then I scroll down the buffer, generally M-> and I look for the state
normal in red; which means no answer in the thread. And I pick one from
my interest, or hitting p to move. In any case, it is worth to read all
of them. :-) Next, I try to understand and/or to reproduce. Three
cases:
a) lacking info so reply for asking more details
b) appear to me not-a-bug anymore so ask for status
c) real bug so report/update what I did
In addition, I have an Org-mode to track what I open and then remind me
3 weeks later in my agenda. If no answer, I mark it as moreinfo with
’M-x debbugs-gnu-send-control-message’ (C). Otherwise I add an item to
my TODO list to work on it if I feel enough annoyed. Time to time, when
I attend to boring meeting, I review all the moreinfo and close some if
they are too old, ask again if I am not confident.
Reading the bugs via Debbugs, I do ‘M-x org-capture’ (C-ctth blabla C-c
C-c) then stash the link of the bug ’M-x my/guix-issue’ and start the
reply ’M-x gnus-summary-wide-reply-with-original’ (R), edit, and ’M-x
message-send-and-exit’ (C-c C-c), assuming that Emacs is configured to
send email. :-)
Snippet of my config:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "R" 'gnus-summary-wide-reply-with-original)
(define-key gnus-article-mode-map "R" 'gnus-summary-wide-reply-with-original)
(setq
org-capture-templates
(backquote
(("t" "Todo")
("th" "Hunt" entry
(file+headline "~/org/todo.org" "Bug Hunt")
,(my/org-templates-file "todo-bug.org"))
org-capture-templates-contexts
'(("th" ((in-mode . "gnus-summary-mode")))
("th" ((in-mode . "gnus-article-mode")))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
where the capture is:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* TODO [#C] Bug %? :hunt:
SCHEDULED: %(org-insert-time-stamp (org-read-date nil t "+3w"))
:LOGBOOK:
CLOCK: %U--%U => 0:00
:OPEN: %U
:END:
:PROPERTIES:
:Open: %U
:Subject: %:subject
:Date: %:date
:MessageID: %:message-id
:END:
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
and the helper is:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(defmacro defun-bug->url (name url &optional docstring)
"Macro returning yankage #bug URL.
The `interactive' function that the macro returns is then referred by NAME.
Please provide a DOCSTRING."
(let ((fun (intern (symbol-name name)))
(doc (concat docstring "\n\n"
(format "Yankable result: `%sNUMBER'." url))))
`(defun ,fun (number)
,doc
(interactive
(list
(progn
(when (not (boundp 'debbugs-gnu-bug-number))
(setq debbugs-gnu-bug-number -2))
(read-string
(format "Bug number (%s): " debbugs-gnu-bug-number)
nil nil debbugs-gnu-bug-number))))
(let ((str (format "%s%s" ,url number)))
(kill-new str)
(when current-prefix-arg
(browse-url str))
(message (format "%s killed." str))))))
(defun-bug->url my/guix-issues "http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/"
"Add URL of bug NUMBER to `kill-ring'.")
(defun-bug->url my/guix-debbugs "https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug="
"Add (old) URL of bug NUMBER to `kill-ring'.")
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Last, there is one point I do not like with the Emacs front-end of
Debbugs is that the network is required. Well, I would prefer dump all
the mbox and work with Emacs+Notmuch but I have not yet configured that.
If someone has tip, please share. :-)
Or maybe fetch from issues.guix.gnu.org the Mumi maildir+mu database.
Hope that helps,
simon