From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:58:07 +0100 Message-ID: <8x3411v4.fsf@telefonica.net> References: <58d982de0801051050k776e119fp872b0093edcab9a4@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199563217 23171 80.91.229.12 (5 Jan 2008 20:00:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:00:17 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 05 21:00:36 2008 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 1JBFC8-00063S-56 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:00:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBFBl-0003gn-BF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:00:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBFBg-0003cc-9e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:00:08 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBFBe-0003Zr-OU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:00:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBFBe-0003ZD-Ae for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:00:06 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBFBd-0004Vu-MA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:00:06 -0500 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JBFBa-0001JQ-KD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:00:02 +0000 Original-Received: from 169.red-81-35-77.dynamicip.rima-tde.net ([81.35.77.169]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:00:02 +0000 Original-Received: from ofv by 169.red-81-35-77.dynamicip.rima-tde.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:00:02 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 169.red-81-35-77.dynamicip.rima-tde.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3eAC3/UhThSPrT2EcgnXcsu9Ono= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:86223 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: >> Each bug is given a number, and is kept on >> file until it is marked as having been dealt with. > > That *really* sounds like asking for trouble. It deletes the bug history for > a bug that someone deemed had been "dealt with"? > > Hard to believe. Bug histories should never be deleted. It should always be > possible to revisit a bug, including to be able to reopen a closed bug. Agreed. All bug systems I know never forgets a report, unless some admin deletes it from the database. OTOH, please note that this is independent from the fact that the system is operated by e-mail. -- Oscar