Suggestion for bug reports

Suggestion for bug reports

[Nick Roberts]

In (GDB) Bugzilla, a link is provided in e-mail messages to the web entry for
the bug report.  For example an e-mail with the subject header:

   Subject: [Bug varobj/9268] Unicode string support

will have the link:

   http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=926

at the end of the message, which can be clicked on in most mail readers to
provide quick access to the full history of the bug report.

Could something similar be done foe Emacs bugs?, e.g., an e-mail with the
header :

  Subject: bug#407: gpm server stop making emacs abort()

would have the link:

http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=407

-- 
Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob

RE: Suggestion for bug reports

[Drew Adams]

> In (GDB) Bugzilla, a link is provided in e-mail messages to 
> the web entry for the bug report.  For example an e-mail with
> the subject header: Subject: [Bug varobj/9268] Unicode string support
> will have the link: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=926
> at the end of the message, which can be clicked on in most 
> mail readers to provide quick access to the full history of
> the bug report.
> 
> Could something similar be done foe Emacs bugs?

1+

FWIW, I made the same suggestion, long ago. This is common in bug trackers that
have an email interface, as it is with online reviewing tools and other
collaborative software.

Re: Suggestion for bug reports

[Stefan Monnier]

>> In (GDB) Bugzilla, a link is provided in e-mail messages to 
>> the web entry for the bug report.  For example an e-mail with
>> the subject header: Subject: [Bug varobj/9268] Unicode string support
>> will have the link: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=926
>> at the end of the message, which can be clicked on in most 
>> mail readers to provide quick access to the full history of
>> the bug report.
>> 
>> Could something similar be done foe Emacs bugs?

> 1+

> FWIW, I made the same suggestion, long ago.  This is common in bug
> trackers that have an email interface, as it is with online reviewing
> tools and other collaborative software.

Yes, that would be good,


        Stefan

Re: Suggestion for bug reports

[Glenn Morris]

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> Yes, that would be good,

Good luck with that:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=9596

(going on for 12 years old)

Re: Suggestion for bug reports

[Stefan Monnier]

Nick Roberts wrote:
> In (GDB) Bugzilla, a link is provided in e-mail messages to 
> the web entry for the bug report.  For example an e-mail with
> the subject header: Subject: [Bug varobj/9268] Unicode string support
> will have the link: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=926
> at the end of the message, which can be clicked on in most 
> mail readers to provide quick access to the full history of
> the bug report.
> 
> Could something similar be done for Emacs bugs?

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Yes, that would be good,

Glenn Morris wrote:
> Good luck with that:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=9596
> (going on for 12 years old)

Don, is there any hope to see this fixed before hell freezes over?


        Stefan

Re: Suggestion for bug reports

[Juri Linkov]

> Could something similar be done foe Emacs bugs?, e.g., an e-mail with the
> header :
>
>   Subject: bug#407: gpm server stop making emacs abort()
>
> would have the link:
>
> http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=407

     (add-hook 'gnus-article-mode-hook
               (lambda ()
                 (setq bug-reference-url-format
                       "http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=%s")
                 (bug-reference-mode 1)))

and you can click on the bug number in the subject header.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/

Re: Suggestion for bug reports

[Reiner Steib]

On Wed, Feb 11 2009, Juri Linkov wrote:

>> Could something similar be done foe Emacs bugs?, e.g., an e-mail with the
>> header :
>>
>>   Subject: bug#407: gpm server stop making emacs abort()
>>
>> would have the link:
>>
>> http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=407
>
>      (add-hook 'gnus-article-mode-hook
>                (lambda ()
>                  (setq bug-reference-url-format
>                        "http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=%s")
>                  (bug-reference-mode 1)))
>
> and you can click on the bug number in the subject header.

Or put point on the bug number and do 
M-x gnus-read-ephemeral-emacs-bug-group RET.

Bye, Reiner.
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Re: Suggestion for bug reports

[Glenn Morris]

Reiner Steib wrote:

>>      (add-hook 'gnus-article-mode-hook
>>                (lambda ()
>>                  (setq bug-reference-url-format
>>                        "http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=%s")
>>                  (bug-reference-mode 1)))
>>
>> and you can click on the bug number in the subject header.
>
> Or put point on the bug number and do 
> M-x gnus-read-ephemeral-emacs-bug-group RET.


As a general rule, please note such things in admin/notes/bugtracker
(added).

Re: Suggestion for bug reports

[Nick Roberts]

 > >      (add-hook 'gnus-article-mode-hook
 > >                (lambda ()
 > >                  (setq bug-reference-url-format
 > >                        "http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=%s")
 > >                  (bug-reference-mode 1)))
 > >
 > > and you can click on the bug number in the subject header.
 > 
 > Or put point on the bug number and do 
 > M-x gnus-read-ephemeral-emacs-bug-group RET.

Yes, but if it was implemented by the bug tracker it would be available to
those who don't use gnus, or even Emacs for their mail.


-- 
Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob

Re: Suggestion for bug reports

[Stefan Monnier]

> Or put point on the bug number and do 
> M-x gnus-read-ephemeral-emacs-bug-group RET.

Indeed.  It's very handy.  It also works with just M-x g-emacs-bug RET
(and similarly M-x g-debian-bug RET).


        Stefan