From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker. Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:13:57 +0100 Message-ID: <877hri2tfu.fsf@telefonica.net> References: <87iqb5o7ie.fsf@red-bean.com> <7b501d5c1001140141i4de045bma15759d59e442dfe@mail.gmail.com> <7b501d5c1001152002q1ac6a83fheb2e439fa859ae3a@mail.gmail.com> <83fx66cvxa.fsf@gnu.org> <874ommwbvr.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263640472 14359 80.91.229.12 (16 Jan 2010 11:14:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:14:32 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 16 12:14:25 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 1NW6bo-0004HP-HP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:14:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48664 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NW6bp-0003rV-B1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:14:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NW6bj-0003r9-JG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:14:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NW6be-0003ol-Fn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:14:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48699 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NW6be-0003oi-Ck for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:14:14 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:56722) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NW6bd-0006YP-VF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:14:14 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1NW6bZ-0004CM-Qn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:14:09 +0100 Original-Received: from 251.red-88-24-228.staticip.rima-tde.net ([88.24.228.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:14:09 +0100 Original-Received: from ofv by 251.red-88-24-228.staticip.rima-tde.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:14:09 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 251.red-88-24-228.staticip.rima-tde.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:jbTpeuU3LPpTAr+vbgMHOZ3LfYE= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:120108 Archived-At: Reiner Steib writes: >>> By "we", do you mean the few that do not use a web browser today? I'm >>> sure the majority of all Emacs developers and/or contributors would >>> prefer to have a web interface instead of an e-mail interface if they >>> had to choose between only one of them. >> >> Don't be sure without a poll. The result might surprise you. > > My guess is that the majority of Emacs developers wants an Emacs > interface, no matter if it interacts via SMTP or HTTP with the > database. Please note that not only the developers interact with the bug tracker. A user could be interested in closing a bug he previously reported, or add a commentary to other report. Finally, not everyone has mail access from Emacs. The Version Control system must be tailored to developers. The bug tracker shall be accessible to users as well. -- Óscar