From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:40:03 -0800 Message-ID: References: <7iip2y9m.fsf@telefonica.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199475687 25382 80.91.229.12 (4 Jan 2008 19:41:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 19:41:27 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 04 20:41:45 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 1JAsQL-0006bu-JL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:41:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JAsPz-000831-7C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:41:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JAsPv-00080I-39 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:41:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JAsPu-0007yo-FL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:41:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JAsPu-0007yb-Bj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:41:18 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JAsPu-0003XY-9s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:41:18 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (rgmgw2.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.111]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m04JfFk7022885 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 12:41:15 -0700 Original-Received: from rcsmt251.oracle.com (rcsmt251.oracle.com [148.87.90.196]) by rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.2.4) with ESMTP id m04Jc1NV023743 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 12:41:13 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw1-141-144-64-170.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3477949791199475594; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:39:54 -0800 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <7iip2y9m.fsf@telefonica.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:86081 Archived-At: > The problem with email bug reports is that not all people use > emacs as its email client. In most of my machines, there is no > mail support installed at all. You don't need to use Emacs as your mail client to make use of `report-emacs-bug'. When you hit `C-c C-c', Emacs opens your mail client with a new mail message. You just need to paste the content you prepared. I use Outlook, for instance, and I file Emacs bugs all the time using `report-emacs-bug' - no problem. The only thing I do in Outlook is hit `C-v' to paste my bug report. For the rest - yes, bug reporting by email can be integrated into a bug-tracking tool. It's not an either/or choice between a Web form and email reporting.