Re: Bug trackers

[Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com>]

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Richard Stallman wrote:
>     Debbugs currently is based on the assumption that every bug is
>     assigned to at least one package. In terms of a distribution, this
>     makes perfect sense, but it's different for applications. When you're
>     developing a single application like emacs, I'd imagine you'd separate
>     bugs into "components" or similar of the application, like "gtk
>     interface", "documentation", or "elisp" (as examples; you all'd come
>     up with better ones.)
> 
> Is it possible for all bugs to be initially assigned to "emacs"
> and for maintainers to move them subsequently into other categories?

Yes, we can assign bugs to emacs if there isn't a valid package or
even if the submit mail wasn't able to be parsed.


Don Armstrong

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