From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.60; emacs-report-bug fails silently Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:15:59 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4840084C.2020405@gmail.com> <87d4n3ii41.fsf@sophokles.streitblatt.de> <48407716.5080704@gmail.com> <874p8fi9op.fsf@sophokles.streitblatt.de> <87od6lc1bd.fsf@sophokles.streitblatt.de> <87skvwdztw.fsf@gmail.com> <87fxrvejho.fsf@gmail.com> <20080603082635.GB13718@tomas> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212642995 31147 80.91.229.12 (5 Jun 2008 05:16:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 05:16:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, Paul R , Florian Beck To: tomas@tuxteam.de Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 05 07:17:16 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 1K47qc-0003X3-GN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:17:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51789 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K47pp-0003yj-Mu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:16:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K47ph-0003xP-Fx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:16:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K47pf-0003vz-AH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:16:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34683 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K47pf-0003vj-11 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:16:15 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:38916) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K47pe-0006HM-P6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:16:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:47488 helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1K47no-00052U-Tx for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:14:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K47pb-0006GV-DM for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:16:14 -0400 Original-Received: from 206-248-132-168.dsl.teksavvy.com ([206.248.132.168]:46199 helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K47pb-0006GR-2Z for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:16:11 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id F0768B4023; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 01:15:59 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20080603082635.GB13718@tomas> (tomas@tuxteam.de's message of "Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:26:35 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:98455 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:22558 Archived-At: > Or just not tacitly assume that the machine Emacs is running > on is on the 'net (Horrors!). > Maybe the user just wants to generate a bug report, save it on an USB > stick and mail it later. Ask the user, I'd say, then try a couple of > possibilities _if_ she said "dunno", then maybe give up loudly and > offer to save if all those alternatives fail. A properly configured `sendmail' will handle this just fine, stashing the message somewhere so it can be sent later on when the destination is reachable. That's why a properly configured `sendmail' is the right solution. Too bad the rest of the world doesn't understand it, Stefan