From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Don Armstrong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug trackers Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:49:54 -0800 Message-ID: <20080221014954.GF23349@rzlab.ucr.edu> References: <20080218052546.GK13020@volo.donarmstrong.com> <20080218232829.GM5438@volo.donarmstrong.com> <20080219232732.GC18902@jax.donarmstrong.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203566886 25323 80.91.229.12 (21 Feb 2008 04:08:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:08:06 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 21 05:08:31 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JS2jT-0007LS-93 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:08:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JS2iy-0000sk-C6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:07:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JS0ZW-0006dV-56 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:50:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JS0ZU-0006cR-7G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:50:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JS0ZT-0006bx-Of for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:49:59 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JS0ZS-0004t3-UG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:49:59 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (archimedes.ucr.edu [138.23.92.79]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with SMTP id m1L1nsS2023529 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:49:55 -0800 Original-Received: (nullmailer pid 15785 invoked by uid 1000); Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:49:54 -0000 Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:05:27 -0500 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:89779 Archived-At: On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Richard Stallman wrote: > Debbugs currently is based on the assumption that every bug is > assigned to at least one package. In terms of a distribution, this > makes perfect sense, but it's different for applications. When you're > developing a single application like emacs, I'd imagine you'd separate > bugs into "components" or similar of the application, like "gtk > interface", "documentation", or "elisp" (as examples; you all'd come > up with better ones.) > > Is it possible for all bugs to be initially assigned to "emacs" > and for maintainers to move them subsequently into other categories? Yes, we can assign bugs to emacs if there isn't a valid package or even if the submit mail wasn't able to be parsed. Don Armstrong -- I'd sign up in a hot second for any cellular company whose motto was: "We're less horrible than a root canal with a cold chisel." -- Cory Doctorow http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu