From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Christopher Lemmer Webber Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "If you're still seeing problems, please reopen." [Was: bug#25148:] Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:37:38 -0500 Message-ID: <87zhgqec6l.fsf@dustycloud.org> References: <20191117113054.49837.qmail@mail.muc.de> <87pnhq7mxg.fsf@gnus.org> <87bltaz9g4.fsf@telefonica.net> <871ru6fg6j.fsf@dick> <87o8x9cae2.fsf@red-bean.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="125033"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: mu4e 1.2.0; emacs 26.3 Cc: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes , dick.r.chiang@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Karl Fogel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 20 17:37:49 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iXSzF-000WJQ-FO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:37:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60428 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iXSzE-00041Y-66 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:37:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46595) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iXSz7-00041R-8s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:37:42 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iXSz6-0007Py-1T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:37:41 -0500 Original-Received: from dustycloud.org ([50.116.34.160]:52668) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iXSz5-0007Pu-Tz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:37:39 -0500 Original-Received: from twig (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dustycloud.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C35CF2662D; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:37:38 -0500 (EST) In-reply-to: <87o8x9cae2.fsf@red-bean.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 50.116.34.160 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:242499 Archived-At: Karl Fogel writes: > On 17 Nov 2019, dick.r.chiang@gmail.com wrote: >>I hear you loud and clear on the debbugs, but many people accustomed to >>browser-everything would also say emacs is similarly antiquated. >> >>I would be frustrated too by the responses you received suggesting nothing is >>awry about debbugs. But in any unpaid project, the response to "please kill >>this" should be "please implement a better alternative." > > Agreed. I think we've had consensus on that for a long time: > > https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2007/DebbugsWebUI > > :-) > > As far as I can tell, everyone is fine with our bug-tracking system > having more browser-accessible features -- particularly the features > many developers are accustomed to from other trackers -- as long as > the system *also* has the email-manipulation capabilities that Debbugs > currently has (and on which some of Emacs's most active & expert > maintainers depend). > > Best regards, > -Karl Guix runs a web based issue tracker on top of debbugs that looks quite nice: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/ https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37855 The software for the web UI is here: https://git.elephly.net/software/mumi.git It doesn't allow for replying via the web UI, but navigating as a user is much nicer. Maybe it will make some people happier?