From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: debbugs tracker builds character Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:50:24 -0400 Message-ID: <8737n2t09b.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87y49vz4cg.fsf@acer.localhost.com> <87twg2g86g.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83eg76n5h5.fsf@gnu.org> <87y45eeoor.fsf@lifelogs.com> <577D42BB.1020500@cs.ucla.edu> <87oa694rfw.fsf@russet.org.uk> <837fcxlbay.fsf@gnu.org> <87lh1d2wg5.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83eg75jk5h.fsf@gnu.org> <87lh1cb6p0.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87oa5sa176.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <874m7kmkcm.fsf@gmx.de> <871t2o6t94.fsf@gmx.de> <87wpkf6pup.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87poq6iweb.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1469184705 30268 80.91.229.3 (22 Jul 2016 10:51:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:51:45 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 22 12:51:37 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bQY3M-0004M6-L8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:51:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46427 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQY3D-0002jS-Qg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:51:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56275) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQY2V-0002jL-Kw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:50:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQY2Q-0007zx-GM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:50:42 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:33341) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQY2Q-0007zt-8d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:50:38 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bQY2M-0003nF-Nc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:50:34 +0200 Original-Received: from otwaon234vw-lp140-05-1176444371.dsl.bell.ca ([70.31.29.211]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:50:34 +0200 Original-Received: from eric by otwaon234vw-lp140-05-1176444371.dsl.bell.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:50:34 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 46 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: otwaon234vw-lp140-05-1176444371.dsl.bell.ca User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:oqnOjd1hE639wQSv12o/sOziIgM= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:206015 Archived-At: Eric Abrahamsen writes: > Stefan Monnier writes: > >> SM> I think I'm starting to see what you mean. You're talking about a tight >> SM> integration where a pull-request is also itself an issue, so the comments >> SM> can be directly on the patch itself. As opposed to having issues and >> SM> pull-request be two separate things that can refer to each other via >> SM> an indirection. >> >>> Yes. Actually Github has both of these right now. When pull requests are >>> not true issues, they tend to be associated with issues: sometimes >>> 1-to-N and sometimes N-to-1. People have different workflows, so it's >>> good to have flexibility built into the model. Sorry if this seems >>> ambivalent; it's really a degree of creative freedom that users >>> appreciate. >> >> So, we could start by setting up a Gitlab or Kallithea instance for >> Emacs and use it for pull-requests, while we keep using Debbugs for >> issue tracking. >> >> This lets us move forward on the pull-request and code-review front >> without having to solve the "issue" of switching to another bug-tracker. >> >> EA> A suggestion from a part-time package maintainer: make >> EA> `report-emacs-bug' prompt for a package, and offer the results of >> EA> `featurep' as completion. If the user picks a package that only exists >> EA> in ELPA, email the package maintainer with the bug report. >>> That's a really good suggestion, regardless of the underlying bug tracker. >> >> I also like this idea. Patches welcome, > > Here's a patch. I hope I've used all the proper utility functions for > finding libraries and extracting headers. > > So far as I can tell, debbugs doesn't keep track of "bug subscriptions", > and putting the package maintainer in the Cc header is all we need to > do, right? > > Anyhow, I'm sure this will require tweaking, but take a look and let me > know. > > Also, I've included a second patch to `lm-maintainer', which is (I hope) > a fairly minor fix. Please ignore this second patch, this was a brain fart.