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: Debbugs testbed Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:26:30 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20080220021827.GR1092@rzlab.ucr.edu> <87skzof0yr.fsf@member.fsf.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203525057 22244 80.91.229.12 (20 Feb 2008 16:30:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:30:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=1FFFFFFFscar_Fuentes?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 20 17:31:21 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 1JRrqi-0005D3-Mv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:31:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRrqD-0004Ip-Oo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:30:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRrmG-0000t1-84 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:26:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRrmC-0000px-Af for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:26:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRrmC-0000ph-3S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:26:32 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JRrmB-0005v9-Pi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:26:32 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAO/iu0fO+J2cdGdsb2JhbACQUgEwn2WBAQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,381,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="14753068" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 20 Feb 2008 11:26:30 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.157.156]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id ASU44930; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:26:30 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 19FA77F48; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:26:30 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22=1FFFFFFFsca?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?r?= Fuentes"'s message of "Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:46:25 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:89697 Archived-At: >> I disagree. The page explains in length what you should consider when >> writing a bug report at all, the package, its version, a descriptive >> subject, how to assign the bug to the correct component, etc. > It must explain this because there are no intuitive guides. On a web > form (or a sophiticated Emacs form) there are a series of visible fields > that you are expected to fill, plus you can put checks to ensure that > the user fills all required information. If you have not this, you need > to resort to lengthy descriptions as those mentioned above. IOW, your complaint about http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/Reporting is just a repeat of your complaint that there's no web-form to file a bug. So many bikesheds, so little time, Stefan