From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Try using block/unblock for bugs relevant to releases Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:44:59 +0100 Message-ID: <87h9v0lpbo.fsf@gmx.de> References: <81twz18pvy.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1423125925 30915 80.91.229.3 (5 Feb 2015 08:45:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 08:45:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 05 09:45:25 2015 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 1YJI3w-0002hf-N7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:45:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40699 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJI3w-0006B0-3L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:45:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55598) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJI3k-0006Av-TP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:45:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJI3h-00018r-Ni for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:45:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:60035) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJI3h-00012z-FB; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:45:09 -0500 Original-Received: from detlef.gmx.de ([87.146.56.221]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MGWR2-1YNfmn0kUq-00DJNL; Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:45:01 +0100 In-Reply-To: <81twz18pvy.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:58:57 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:+BJ50lPcZiU8debl/zElD+YwFbXZw8tLinwtvUTczxxFEbNt0zZ acTuCz2FYPeS9SS6i75BSfVMvICUUJ5F/u+Xq9n2i6QWRxDbggPT/2PwmEv5sqiCpEQPfRl vVj2YdPBcHgf0YTe6VKwtd8YXmAmGIelhyskGDzVT0y43Zoyqt0HJP50RhL/P8AeFzGjJZh 95ySXBKTsf3OvgY58FY7w== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.20 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:182435 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: >>> So I suggest trying instead the "block/unblock" feature, and to that end >>> created bug#19758 and 19759 for tracking bugs relevant to 24.5 and 25.1, >>> respectively. I added a small number of items to get started; >>> feel free to add your own. >> >> Can you give a little primer for how to use those? > > Say bug 123 is one that needs to be fixed for Emacs 24.5. > Send a message to control that says: > > block 19758 by 123 > > That's basically it. Closing 123 when it is fixed is still the right thing. > If you made a mistake, s/block/unblock to undo it. > > You can see the blocking bugs at http://debbugs.gnu.org/19758 . I've committed a patch to debbugs-gnu (GNU ELPA), which adds the keys "b" and "B" for showing "blockedby" and "blocks" bugs. The control messages "block", "unblock" and "unmerge" are also supported now. Let me know, if you need more. Best regards, Michael.