From: myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 29290@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29290: 25.3; bug-gnu-emacs archive web search fails to find matching bugs
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:42:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86d14kpxir.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <837euslwhc.fsf@gnu.org>
On 11/14/2017 at 15:18 Eli Zaretskii writes:
>> From: myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 18:17:28 -0500
>>
>> To see an example, search bug-gnu-emacs for 'server-name', e.g.,
>>
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=server-name&submit=Search%21&idxname=bug-gnu-emacs&max=20&result=normal&sort=score
>>
>> This gives 20 hits non of which is ...
>>
>> https://debbugs.gnu.org/23576
>> [documentation] ‘Using Emacs as a Server’: ‘M-x set-variable RET
>> server-name RET foo RET’
> My suggestion is to use the search engine of the bug tracker, at
>
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/search.cgi
>
> It is more sophisticated and does find the above bug report.
I tried the link above. It takes an unnatural amount of effort to find
the bug between the garbled titles and summary lines.
> The reasons why the mailman search didn't find the report could be a
> few. One of them could be the way the Subject line was formatted
> (download the bug report in mbox format and see for yourself). Or it
> could be some other snafu.
But aren't you alarmed it works so poorly?
> But you are advised to try the above
> search engine before concluding that a bug for some issue doesn't
> exist.
Sorry, I didn't see that. Where is this advised?
'M-x report-emacs-bug' mentions debbugs.gnu.org but does not provide any
specific advice.
The first google hit for "emacs bug" is https://debbugs.gnu.org
So, OK, both put you on debbugs.gnu.org. Now if you search the page for
"emacs" ...
... the first hit is the aforementioned mailman search ;-(
... the second hit is
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?package=emacs;max-bugs=100;base-order=1;bug-rev=1
... which I can't get to find the bug ;-(
So, bottom line,
1) if you _don't want_ people to go to mailman search please _remove the
1st link_ on debbugs.gnu.org
2) if you want people to go to the search link you gave me, please _edit
the 2nd link_ debbugs.gnu.org
3) If you want average users to use
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/search.cgi to pre-chew bug reports please
to improve its usability.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-11-14 17:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2017-11-13 23:17 ` bug#29290: 25.3; bug-gnu-emacs archive web search fails to find matching bugs myglc2
2017-11-13 23:45 ` Glenn Morris
2017-11-14 0:12 ` myglc2
2017-11-14 21:15 ` Bob Proulx
2017-11-14 22:02 ` Ian Kelling
2017-11-14 22:30 ` Glenn Morris
2017-11-30 17:15 ` bug#29290: [gnu.org #1252961] " Ian Kelling via RT
2017-11-14 15:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-14 17:42 ` myglc2 [this message]
2017-11-14 18:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-14 20:41 ` myglc2
2017-11-15 3:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-15 11:47 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-11-15 17:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
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