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: Suggestion to indicate fixed version when closing a bug Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:28:39 -0500 Message-ID: <87zkf05iqg.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> References: <83d3bwn7mu.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Karl Fogel NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1323545339 19594 80.91.229.12 (10 Dec 2011 19:28:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:28:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 10 20:28:52 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RZSbH-0008UJ-Oh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:28:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41054 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RZSbH-0001CJ-3M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:28:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:46968) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RZSbE-0001CD-Ew for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:28:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RZSbD-0000mX-9Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:28:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.216.41]:33999) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RZSbD-0000mP-6E; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:28:43 -0500 Original-Received: by qan41 with SMTP id 41so2447862qan.0 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:28:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:reply-to:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=eIHgFoo58auvuSaL5H/wuij82DMlLRUenCiqBWl4G/s=; b=b1BTWpwVLha2IzbDvi+/eWIrlGGsqUSD6XIqw+atHaGBicLGFCbnnU+ka/kdPUTWvK 1sF05NMnDkGbPDPGuaJDzxE7kbzvnFcQUTK2nCzIsB0oZbGew5GXEFHFtv/SVhMFMZ8T GujnqV5RZYjqO0I1HqGR8E6FY+qDKFYvKSG48= Original-Received: by 10.224.39.81 with SMTP id f17mr11979881qae.63.1323545322260; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:28:42 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from floss.red-bean.com (cpe-66-65-49-129.nyc.res.rr.com. [66.65.49.129]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ev4sm12865937qab.9.2011.12.10.11.28.40 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:28:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83d3bwn7mu.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:38:49 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.216.41 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:146621 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > From: Glenn Morris >> When you close a debbugs.gnu.org report as fixed, I suggest indicating >> the version in which the fix was applied. > >Why is this important? A couple of reasons: People who are either experiencing the bug or trying to reproduce it can quickly figure out, just from looking at the bug report, whether they should be expecting the bug or not. (This is especially useful for identifying regressions.) Also, it's useful for those who are following the bug and are curious to see how it was fixed. If their only entry point is the bug report itself, they can quickly go from that to the diff that will satisfy their curiosity (which is good for Emacs because it promotes code review, and in the long run draws people into becoming developers). -Karl