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: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 12:28:54 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87y7b4c9o9.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199564940 28498 80.91.229.12 (5 Jan 2008 20:29:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:29:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Gianluca Della Vedova , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Sven Joachim" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 05 21:29:17 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 1JBFdr-0006EF-2h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:29:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBFdU-0001fL-Ck for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:28:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBFdQ-0001dg-QA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:28:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBFdO-0001bH-BM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:28:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBFdO-0001bB-86 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:28:46 -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 1JBFdN-0008SA-UJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:28:46 -0500 Original-Received: from agmgw1.us.oracle.com (agmgw1.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.212]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m05KSdJP032650; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 13:28:39 -0700 Original-Received: from acsmt350.oracle.com (acsmt350.oracle.com [141.146.40.150]) by agmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m05BAto7019430; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 13:28:38 -0700 Original-Received: from 141.144.88.86 by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3479155581199564909; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:28:29 -0800 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <87y7b4c9o9.fsf@gmx.de> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Importance: Normal X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by rgminet01.oracle.com id m05KSdJP032650 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:86228 Archived-At: > >> 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"? > > No. The bug is merely archived, meaning that it normally is not shown > any more, unless you ask for it. But its history is never lost.=B9 > > > 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 bu= g. > > That is all possible with debbugs; if a bug is archived, you first have > to "unarchive" it before you can manipulate it. That measure ensures > that spam sent to archived bugs is discarded. Thanks for clearing that up. It wasn't clear to me from your initial expression "kept on file".