From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sascha Wilde Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug Database? Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:45:28 +0200 Message-ID: References: <17717.20433.183356.106695@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87odsameu4.fsf@furball.mit.edu> <17717.45053.900033.152204@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17718.15394.542955.49073@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17719.14222.492798.684319@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161601378 5904 80.91.229.2 (23 Oct 2006 11:02:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:02:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 23 13:02:57 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GbxZz-0002b6-7H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:02:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GbxZy-000109-Gi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:02:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GbxY8-0006dl-1V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:00:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GbxY5-0006a5-G2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:00:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GbxY5-0006Zm-93 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:00:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [62.141.58.119] (helo=km1136.keymachine.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GbxY4-0004lQ-Jj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:00:52 -0400 Original-Received: from kenny.sha-bang.de (xdslcp149.osnanet.de [89.166.143.149]) (authenticated bits=0) by km1136.keymachine.de (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k9NB0i24003167; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:00:45 +0200 Original-Received: from wilde by kenny.sha-bang.de with local (Kenny MUA v.0409034.42) ID 1GbxJA-00025D-Qc; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:45:29 +0200 Original-To: Yavor Doganov In-Reply-To: (Yavor Doganov's message of "Fri\, 20 Oct 2006 10\:45\:06 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:61033 Archived-At: Yavor Doganov wrote: > IMVHO, what's needed is a bug tracking system that is entirely > controlled by email. Thus, people like RMS will continue to work as > now, and it will be possible to query/search the BTS. AFAIK, only > debbugs offers this (and partly RT, but assigning/resolving bugs > depends on the web interface). I do strongly agree, that a tracker that supports full control via email is needed. I would suggest roundup as a possible candidate, which allows any option, which can be set in the web interface to be set via a simple keyword in the subject line of emails, too. cheers sascha -- Sascha Wilde Programmer - A red-eyed, mumbling mammal capable of conversing with inanimate objects.