From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Deniz Dogan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker. Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:54:22 +0100 Message-ID: <7b501d5c1001141054p75e84f3btcdbd5493349d23b6@mail.gmail.com> References: <87iqb5o7ie.fsf@red-bean.com> <7b501d5c1001140141i4de045bma15759d59e442dfe@mail.gmail.com> <7qwrzkhay0.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263495570 3772 80.91.229.12 (14 Jan 2010 18:59:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:59:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Karl Fogel , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 14 19:59:23 2010 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 1NVUuh-00082g-0M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:59:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58569 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVUuh-0000Yt-LU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:59:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVUqM-00046S-Io for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:54:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVUqI-00041r-St for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:54:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48626 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVUqI-00041d-If for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:54:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:29068) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVUqG-0008H6-HF; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:54:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f209.google.com ([209.85.219.209]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVUqD-0005yR-80; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:54:45 -0500 Original-Received: by ewy1 with SMTP id 1so43852ewy.8 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:54:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=oUuvYtwmB6IEbFdcBC6QGTtORjL9XZWEnfdgdctgL38=; b=lh4Q/nJ1oKqE3l3tr3qou7b+rtnPByjxceU7KYBOAKu5ODiXIJCLH8appAN0GPqgAj Dbkh4Rx76yw6Ir/qoNz64lmxilH+tCsv/8rDdhWnLYPbCC9Dh4RVElguo10ctohqqo8w yp+ajBwNBUMh1MdmPgTsWLJq22l65sN98FphI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=mUK4+CJmxEl1xlqo2dIptv8ue7b5pIpjaVdFFb+dmRXePRwEWe5Q50xvkru3y7BrGb n+sNTR9j3hYVrOP1SBN5Axo5NAJFdcJ5y/j5vjVcLKaFQN7fmdd08or14g8I4WlL+XZB RLjaq6dcrBsE+b7dGwIlJxW0y2mg7U71dB/MU= Original-Received: by 10.213.1.207 with SMTP id 15mr1195090ebg.45.1263495282437; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:54:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7qwrzkhay0.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/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:120026 Archived-At: 2010/1/14 Glenn Morris : > Deniz Dogan wrote: > >> It is NOT an easy task to add a ticket to the bug tracker today >> (with all the tags and what-not that needs to be right). > > You do not need to worry about tags and what-not, at all. I've been told numerous times to add tags and what-not to patches I've submitted to the bug tracker. (Maybe I should have made that clear.) > To report a new bug, use M-x report-emacs-bug. That's it. But that doesn't apply to patches. >> It is NOT an easy thing to change the meta-data of a bug either. > > No, but I would say most people don't need to worry about it. > If you want to, you'll have to read up a little, yes. You have to worry about it when you forgot to add tags and such in the first place. >> "Commenting" on a ticket is nearly as difficult. > > To comment on 123, send a mail to 123@debbugs. That's it. > Or to bug-gnu-emacs, with "Bug#123" in the subject. > I stand corrected. -- Deniz Dogan