Re: debbugs irritation Was: [WIP Patch] Adding an FHS container to guix shell

[jbranso@dismail.de]

August 18, 2022 11:01 AM, "zimoun" <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 at 22:22, Csepp <raingloom@riseup.net> wrote:
> 
>> Mumi and Debbugs have different search interfaces and seem to use
>> different ordering.
> 
> Hum, I am confused because from my understanding, there is one Debbugs
> instance – which is quickly said some Perl scripts managing mailing
> lists and thus implementing a bug tracker database. This database is
> then manipulated via SOAP-interface.
> 
> This Debbugs instance is out of the control of the Guix project, AFAIK.
> 
> On the top of this instance, various front-ends are implemented:
> 
> + historical one running at: https://debbugs.gnu.org
> + Mumi running at: https://issues.guix.gnu.org
> + emacs-debbugs running locally
> 
> And even Debian folks provide many others, as python3-debianbts or
> reportbug coming with the CLI tool bts, mailscripts, etc.
> 
> https://git.spwhitton.name/mailscripts/tree
> 
>> IMHO these papercuts add up. Browsing and cross-referencing issues and
>> patches is way harder than it is with other forges.
> 
> Well, harder depends on the point of view. :-)
> 
> Indeed, you need more than just type bug#12345 to cross-link. Using a
> descent mailreader, it appears to me easy to have helper. For instance,
> using Emacs, I have a custom function [1] “M-x my/guix-issues“ which
> adds to the kill-ring an URL. Recently, Ricardo added Message-ID to
> Mumi which helps too; using emacs-notmuch, just "ci” for stashing and
> then pasting elsewhere.
> 
> 1: <https://gitlab.com/zimoun/my-conf/-/blob/master/.config/emacs/lisp/funs.el#L271-300>
> 
> About browsing, Mumi needs more love. :-)
> 
>> Not saying we need to switch, maybe it's easier to just add the missing
>> functionality. Or maybe it doesn't matter to anyone else.
> 
> Well, the GNU instance of Debbugs has many flaws. But the project will
> not switch from it, IMHO. That’s why Mumi as front-end tries to improve
> the situation by adding the missing functionalities.

I am actually working on a patch to emacs-debbugs that will provide:

debbugs-gnu-my-open-bugs   

https://issues.guix.gnu.org/56987

(I'm also fairly slow at submitting patches, so please be patient).  :)

Will show you the bugs, which you submitted that are still open.

At least the emacs guys seem fairly interested in improving emacs-debbugs.

:)

> 
> Cheers,
> simon