From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Karl Fogel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Unable to close a bug in the tracker. Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:28:59 -0500 Message-ID: <87d41dmq3o.fsf@red-bean.com> References: <87iqb5o7ie.fsf@red-bean.com> Reply-To: Karl Fogel NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263432605 8202 80.91.229.12 (14 Jan 2010 01:30:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 14 02:29:57 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 1NVEWU-0006Xp-9R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:29:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53072 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVEWV-0001JJ-0B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:29:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVEWO-0001Hr-Kl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:29:12 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVEWK-0001Eu-Ok for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:29:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59261 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVEWK-0001Eo-LS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:29:08 -0500 Original-Received: from sanpietro.red-bean.com ([66.146.206.141]:58404) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVEWI-000179-Id; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:29:06 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46965 helo=kfogel-work ident=kfogel) by sanpietro.red-bean.com with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1NVEWH-0004UX-B7; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:29:05 -0600 In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:19:38 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) 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:119956 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: >> 3) Although the web UI could, in theory, give instructions on how to >> change the state of the bug, in practice it doesn't. > >We've had numerous explanations on this list, and I have tried to >write notes in admin/notes/bugtracker. Once you get used to it, it's >fairly straightforward, I think. A bug tracker that has to be explained on a mailing list or in separate notes has (almost by definition) a failing UI. I never have to read the documentation for other bug trackers I use, because it's obvious how to use them. If that doesn't seem like a major win to you, I'm not sure what else to say... :-).