Hi!

zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 05 Dec 2020 at 20:42, "Bonface M. K." <bonfacemunyoki@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just curious, how do you get debbugs to show
>> forgotten patches. I'm only beginning to use it
>> now ...
>
> Forgotten patches are just old patches. ;-)
>
>
> What I do with Emacs is: “M-x debbugs-gnu“ to have all the bugs and
> patches; with something in my config file as:
>
>   (setq
>    debbugs-gnu-default-packages '("guix-patches" "guix")
>    gnus-summary-line-format "%I%(%[ %n%]%) %s\n"))
>
> Then I scroll down the buffer, generally M-> and I look for the state
> normal in red; which means no answer in the thread.  And I pick one from
> my interest, or hitting p to move.  In any case, it is worth to read all
> of them. :-) Next, I try to understand and/or to reproduce.  Three
> cases:
>
>  a) lacking info so reply for asking more details
>  b) appear to me not-a-bug anymore so ask for status
>  c) real bug so report/update what I did
>
> In addition, I have an Org-mode to track what I open and then remind me
> 3 weeks later in my agenda.  If no answer, I mark it as moreinfo with
> ’M-x debbugs-gnu-send-control-message’ (C).  Otherwise I add an item to
> my TODO list to work on it if I feel enough annoyed.  Time to time, when
> I attend to boring meeting, I review all the moreinfo and close some if
> they are too old, ask again if I am not confident.
>
>
> Reading the bugs via Debbugs, I do ‘M-x org-capture’ (C-ctth blabla C-c
> C-c) then stash the link of the bug ’M-x my/guix-issue’ and start the
> reply ’M-x gnus-summary-wide-reply-with-original’ (R), edit, and ’M-x
> message-send-and-exit’ (C-c C-c), assuming that Emacs is configured to
> send email. :-)
>
>
> Snippet of my config:
>
>   (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "R" 'gnus-summary-wide-reply-with-original)
>   (define-key gnus-article-mode-map "R" 'gnus-summary-wide-reply-with-original)
>
>   (setq
>    org-capture-templates
>    (backquote
>     (("t" "Todo")
>      ("th" "Hunt" entry
>       (file+headline "~/org/todo.org" "Bug Hunt")
>       ,(my/org-templates-file "todo-bug.org"))
>   org-capture-templates-contexts
>   '(("th" ((in-mode . "gnus-summary-mode")))
>     ("th" ((in-mode . "gnus-article-mode")))))
>
>
> where the capture is:
>
> * TODO  [#C] Bug %?                                        :hunt:
>   SCHEDULED:  %(org-insert-time-stamp (org-read-date nil t "+3w"))
>   :LOGBOOK:
>   CLOCK: %U--%U =>  0:00
>   :OPEN: %U
>   :END:
>   :PROPERTIES:
>   :Open: %U
>   :Subject: %:subject
>   :Date: %:date
>   :MessageID: %:message-id
>   :END:
>
>
> and the helper is:
>
> (defmacro defun-bug->url (name url &optional docstring)
>   "Macro returning yankage #bug URL.
>
> The `interactive' function that the macro returns is then referred by NAME.
>
> Please provide a DOCSTRING."
>   (let ((fun (intern (symbol-name name)))
>         (doc (concat docstring "\n\n"
>                            (format "Yankable result: `%sNUMBER'." url))))
>     `(defun ,fun (number)
>        ,doc
>         (interactive
>          (list
>           (progn
>             (when (not (boundp 'debbugs-gnu-bug-number))
>               (setq debbugs-gnu-bug-number -2))
>             (read-string
>              (format "Bug number (%s): " debbugs-gnu-bug-number)
>              nil nil debbugs-gnu-bug-number))))
>       (let ((str (format "%s%s" ,url number)))
>         (kill-new str)
>         (when current-prefix-arg
>           (browse-url str))
>         (message (format "%s killed." str))))))
>
> (defun-bug->url my/guix-issues "http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/"
>           "Add URL of bug NUMBER to `kill-ring'.")
> (defun-bug->url my/guix-debbugs "https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug="
>           "Add (old) URL of bug NUMBER to `kill-ring'.")
>
>
> Last, there is one point I do not like with the Emacs front-end of
> Debbugs is that the network is required.  Well, I would prefer dump all
> the mbox and work with Emacs+Notmuch but I have not yet configured that.
> If someone has tip, please share. :-)
>
> Or maybe fetch from issues.guix.gnu.org the Mumi maildir+mu database.
>
> Hope that helps,
> simon
>

Thanks! This is very helpful and useful. I'm going
to try(with some modifications) this workflow out
:)

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