From: Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org, control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: Bugs cannot be updated if they are archived?
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:31:23 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081214003123.GU24493@volo.donarmstrong.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <008501c95d7e$932b4a00$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com>
On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Drew Adams wrote:
> > > It was (and is) not clear to me what that means. Is it archived
> > > or unarchived?
> >
> > It's archived.
>
> So you click the link "archived and unarchived reports" to see
> reports that are archived? Not too clear.
You click on it to see "archived and unarchived reports"...
> Actually, it seems that clicking that link shows all bugs, but that
> initially only the outstanding (or the unarchived?) bugs are shown.
> If so, that's confusing. Searching initially will not show an
> archived bug, but searching the same page after clicking the link
> shows it.
The default is to only show unarchived bugs. If you want to see both,
or only archived bugs, you can select that at the bottom of the page.
> Your "separate location" seems to be on the same page, but hidden
> initially (?).
The separate location is a separate place on the filesystem.
> Is `closed' then a superset of `archived'?
Yes.
> Or does `archived' include some stuff that is not `closed'?
No.
> > > The heading that it appears under on that "archived and
> > > unarchived reports" page is "Resolved bugs - Normal bugs". What
> > > does "resolved" mean?
> >
> > Resolved means that it has been fixed.
>
> Not in English, it doesn't. ;-)
4. To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind;
to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected
event.
[1913 Webster]
> I see. I thought that any followup email, especially from the bug
> filer, would be sufficient to keep a bug open (or reopen it).
It'll reset the archiving time, but it won't reopen it. Manual
intervention is required for that.
> > So instead of filing more bugs, reopen the original bug with more
> > information. See http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/server-control
> > for more information.
>
> I would have, if I knew how.
See the link above.
> However, I've also been explicitly told to open a new bug for bugs
> that have been closed but that might still present a problem -
> including for this bug, a couple of hours ago!
Well, whoever is telling you that is making more work for themselves
and/or others.
> Whatever. I'm all for reopening an existing bug instead of just
> creating a new pointer bug. Just tell me how.
See the link above.
> Oh - I see - that the URL works in Google Chrome. So your site appears to be
> limited to particular browsers (and excludes the most commonly used browser).
If the spawn of redmond is unable to properly handle a simple HTTP GET
request, it's not my problem. Presumably they can provide support.
Don Armstrong
--
He was wrong. Nature abhors dimensional abnormalities, and seals them
neatly away so that they don't upset people. Nature, in fact, abhors a
lot of things, including vacuums, ships called the Marie Celeste, and
the chuck keys for electric drills.
-- Terry Pratchet _Pyramids_ p166
http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-14 0:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-13 21:37 Bugs cannot be updated if they are archived? Drew Adams
2008-12-13 23:08 ` Don Armstrong
2008-12-13 23:57 ` Drew Adams
2008-12-14 0:31 ` Don Armstrong [this message]
2008-12-14 1:09 ` Glenn Morris
2008-12-14 8:00 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20081214003123.GU24493@volo.donarmstrong.com \
--to=don@donarmstrong.com \
--cc=control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com \
--cc=emacs-devel@gnu.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this external index
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.