From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Noam Postavsky Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug triaging, debugging and patches Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:32:25 -0400 Message-ID: References: <209865546c9d60f3e889f7aec1ffb3da.squirrel@webmail.shakthimaan.com> <82d21ca1-54d7-051c-abb0-16b3d362484b@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1504143199 17864 195.159.176.226 (31 Aug 2017 01:33:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 01:33:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Shakthi Kannan , Emacs developers To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 31 03:33:12 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dnELt-0003cV-8P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 03:33:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53486 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dnELy-0004iC-Bp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:33:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59208) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dnELO-0004hu-0U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:32:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dnELM-00053Q-Tq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:32:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-oi0-x236.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::236]:33457) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dnELM-00053C-Of for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:32:28 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-oi0-x236.google.com with SMTP id r203so64769885oih.0 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:32:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=4nA4aOvdpzxwzRQ6i0eIsbaCnHFiVNiiNRpQRVQABiY=; b=SO1x3NMIOIhp3Od3hgIQj8XHdepEFXjxc+AM7Yp9SXHUx+yXjvhPfVP67KR+s4rTf9 r5KIMzIU/RJel0JBym7DrH+2c30GzrHDHOsGAVMItmPaj4ScHTzhjcaxVxZqCQ/7TA/q hxRCLNq7gtQVYSn+C1J8vecHsmKxUysexjFydVqlMSomDwhOiOoxnMZsJMN5atSpqfQg i8RDSXeygYlEaIc9H2i682oHqlePBcSyrDQlbmVaVzKa17hTRCBUT1HDRV9KfNxYaahq a9vSX3rZN1tM578UqybzfyDdr+rzxp1wNTtMZrR7cTO1WR+gS/u03F7RCpLO/6Ezt9oQ 13HQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=4nA4aOvdpzxwzRQ6i0eIsbaCnHFiVNiiNRpQRVQABiY=; b=DRxwP741Tr3pqZXd51HB4vmGN1Hx5y2hJpYSfvpgiYfXNg0viExVVII2eHKqqK/7Iz zsoUpMTc8g4D0C17GS6YmB8IuuZBtMDxtTODSrsjpkAed9PxCq9Wemhq2eR7D1FPsgAc GoHY4bu44hze1DA759D6TO5fNe28G3xv+IfT5hkCcovvB9RnpiL1sxW82SYDNRXJMOz8 ysFcemxwoID/cTpSN/j1Au8iV5DjDaXsnxBBAqLjpaibYu+eIgreu1emMGHta8VnAH1S pjcjyPqg1F1QaGdM6n1iJBdx9EpaeOHfNerBg2Y04rkN6hRjWyBDYnogA+oAndhLhtO1 9jfg== X-Gm-Message-State: AHYfb5g79sjXIhh18axi3XepmWn5jTMSA2tewmlayqJx1f4cB9XQYK3P LnNtg9PLBOTQ7xxmARnQuBIyAaInFw== X-Received: by 10.202.244.78 with SMTP id s75mr3555379oih.207.1504143146172; Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:32:26 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.74.17.199 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:32:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <82d21ca1-54d7-051c-abb0-16b3d362484b@cs.ucla.edu> X-Google-Sender-Auth: Wcrr6LMG_xnKKMwb-AWy-cD7Y9c X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c06::236 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:217893 Archived-At: On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 08/26/2017 11:31 AM, Shakthi Kannan wrote: >> >> Is there a group or subsystem of bugs that do not yet require a large > >> understanding of the code base that I can get started with? I am > > happy > to explore source code, if required. > Perhaps you can start with bugs labeled "wishlist" or "minor" in the main > listing: > > https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?package=emacs > > Please use your best judgment as to how much code-base understanding is > required, as we don't specifically classify bug reports that way. Actually, I've tagged a handful of bugs as "easy", you can see a list at https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?include=tags%3Aeasy;package=emacs Alternatively, just reporting if you can reproduce any existing bug is useful, and shouldn't require any specific knowledge of the code. >> If you can also shed some light on specific configurations and >> workflows to work with the Emacs bugs database, I can set it up >> accordingly. > > I suggest using 'git format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to propose a fix > for a particular bug. For Bug#99999, you can send email to > 99999@debbugs.gnu.org. You might also want to checkout the debuggs.el ELPA package http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/debbugs.html, you can use it to browse the bug database from within Emacs. For example, to get the listing of "easy" bugs I linked above, M-x debbugs-gnu-search RET RET package RET emacs RET tag RET easy RET RET. And assuming you have email setup, you can manipulate bugs as well. See admin/notes/bug-triage and admin/notes/bugtracker. > Thanks for volunteering, by the way. Seconded.