Re: Debbugs testbed

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> Yes, that would be good. I've used the "index packages" command, but
>> it would make sense to have it available from the web page as well.

> I've renabled it. (I used the default apache configuration which
> denies it from most hosts.)

Thank you.

> So bugs of severity > than a certain level are release critical; you
> can indicate whether a bug is fixed or not in a particular version
> using the version tracking. [That is, you would either close the bug
> with a Version pseudoheader, or use fixed foobug fooversion; in a
> command to control.]

Makes sense.

> Then, assuming the BTS knows what version of the 22 series 23.1 is a
> decendant of, bugs that are fixed there are automatically marked fixed
> in all decendants of that version, but are still marked buggy all
> decendants of an unfixed version (and unknown in all other versions.)
> [It may be worthwhile to tie this to VCS versions, but the code to do
> that integration isn't there.[1]]

How can we tell Debbugs about the version-graph?

>> >> I'm presuming now if I send my previous reports using
>> >> report-emacs-bug that they will end up in the database. Is that
>> >> right?
>> I believe this is not yet the case. Don?
> AFAICT, that's not yet the case. It's basically waiting for one of the
> mail administrators to put in the hook to send bugs, or for me to do
> it manually.

Have you heard from the mail administrators?  Maybe we can do it
manually for now?


        Stefan