Re: Bug trackers

[Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com>]

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Don Armstrong wrote:
> 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.

This is now the case for the debbugs testbed. [It required a new
feature to be added, so if it fails for some reason, please let me
know.]
 

Don Armstrong

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