From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug trackers Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:07:21 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20080218052546.GK13020@volo.donarmstrong.com> <20080218232829.GM5438@volo.donarmstrong.com> <20080219232732.GC18902@jax.donarmstrong.com> <20080221014954.GF23349@rzlab.ucr.edu> <20080226193408.GM5438@volo.donarmstrong.com> <20080226212354.GB7406@rzlab.ucr.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204067339 13358 80.91.229.12 (26 Feb 2008 23:08:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:08:59 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 27 00:09:25 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 1JU8vL-0000qx-R9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:09:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JU8up-0007CL-Kc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:08:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JU8tu-00070U-QV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:07:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JU8tu-000703-Bw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:07:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JU8tt-0006zx-Se for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:07:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JU8tt-0007ts-9O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:07:53 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16CE42CF809; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:07:53 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A193FFA; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:07:21 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 378946CAA2; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:07:21 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20080226212354.GB7406@rzlab.ucr.edu> (Don Armstrong's message of "Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:23:54 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:90542 Archived-At: > Ok; creating more packages is easy, but I'll have to modify some stuff > to create a default maintainer address for missing packages. I'll try > to get to that later today. Thanks. >> I'm glad I can use non-existent packages like that. This will allow >> us to try-and-use packages before knowing who should be the >> corresponding maintainer (or maybe even without ever intending to >> assign a maintainer address to it). >> >> I see that `index-packages' does list those non-existent packages, >> so other than not having any maintainer is there some downside to >> them? > That and the "gee, I don't know about that package, you shouldn't > assign bugs to them" message. Indeed, in our context, debbugs shouldn't discourage reporting bugs to packages just on the ground that they don't have a maintainer (of course, that's only true if/when we get the above mentioned "default maintainer address"). >> Yes. You can subscribe to them via >> http://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=emacs > Ok; Stephen indicated that installing such a handler directly in > mailman was superior, so I'll hold off unless the gnu.org mailman > administrators think differently or won't have time to do this > reasonably soon. I guess we can wait a few more days, indeed. But the sooner the merrier. Stefan