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NOTES ON THE EMACS BUG TRACKER -*- outline -*-
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The Emacs Bug Tracker can be found at http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/
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For a list of all bugs, see http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/emacs
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2008-06-03 06:22:40 +00:00
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** When reporting a bug, to send a Cc to another address (e.g.
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bug-cc-mode@gnu.org), do not just use a Cc: header.
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2008-06-03 03:10:53 +00:00
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Instead, use "X-Debbugs-CC:". This ensures the Cc address will get a
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mail with the bug report number in.
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2008-06-03 06:22:40 +00:00
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** To not get acknowledgement mail from the tracker,
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add an "X-Debbugs-No-Ack:" header (with any value).
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2008-06-28 19:12:50 +00:00
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** Not interested in tracker control messages (tags being set, etc)?
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Discard mails matching:
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^X-Emacs-PR-Message: transcript
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2008-06-28 19:30:07 +00:00
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When you close a bug, you get a message matching:
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^X-Emacs-PR-Message: closed
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2008-06-28 19:12:50 +00:00
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** How to avoid multiple copies of mails.
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When you reply to a bug, respect the Reply-To address, ie send mail
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only to the submitter address and the numbered bug address. Do not
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send mail direct to bug-gnu-emacs or emacs-pretest-bug unless you are
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reporting a new bug.
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2008-06-03 06:22:40 +00:00
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** To close bug #123 (for example), send mail
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To: 123-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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with a brief explanation in the body as to why the bug was closed.
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2008-06-03 06:22:40 +00:00
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** To reopen a closed bug #123:
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To: control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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reopen 123
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thanks
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2008-06-02 02:08:34 +00:00
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2008-06-28 03:50:16 +00:00
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** quit|stop|thank|thanks|thankyou|thank you
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On a line by itself, this tells the control server to ignore the rest of
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the message.
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** Bugs can be tagged in various ways (eg wontfix, patch, etc).
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For a list of available tags, see:
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http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/Developer#tags
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** To tag bug #123 (for example), send a mail of the form:
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To: control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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2008-06-28 03:50:16 +00:00
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tags 123 wontfix
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thanks
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Or just add the
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tags 123 wontfix
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thanks
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at the beginning of a reply. The tag can be prefixed with +, - or =,
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meaning to add (the default), remove, or reset the tags.
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** To remove spam from the tracker, move it to the `spam' pseudo-package:
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2008-06-03 06:22:40 +00:00
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To: control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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reassign 123 spam
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thanks
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** To merge bugs:
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Eg when bad replies create a bunch of new bugs for the same report.
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Bugs must all be in the same state.
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To: control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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merge 123 124 125 ...
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** To set severity:
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To: control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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severity 123 critical|grave|serious|important|normal|minor|wishlist
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See http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/Developer#severities for the meanings.
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