Re: package requests

[sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com>]

 ---- On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 04:14:52 +0000 Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> wrote ----
 > 
 > 
 > Il giorno sab 25 apr 2020 alle ore 15:06 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> ha scritto:
 > Hi Catonano,
 > 
 > Catonano 写道：
 > > Say that some people file bugs in the Guix issue tracker 
 > > requesting the
 > > packaging of some software projects
 > >
 > > Can a list of such requests be seen in any way ?
 > 
 > […]
 > 
 > > Is there any specific tagging scheme to be used for package 
 > > requests filing ?
 > 
 > Not that I know of.  It's all very ad-hoc and things get lost & 
 > forgotten.
 > 
 > <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/Wishlist> is the closest 
 > thing we have to an ‘official’ list.
 > 
 > While a structured approach would be much better than our wiki 
 > page, I prefer that wiki page over *our* bug tracker.
 > 
 > don't you like Debbugs ?
 > I can see why
 > Have you seen this, anyway ?
 > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-03/msg00238.html
 > Sirgazil proposed to send a patch to allow Debbugs to tag package requests so that they could be easily searched

Not really patch Debbugs, but patch the website with proposed changes to make any list of requested packages visible (and add instructions to request new packages).

I still think Debbugs could be used for package requests, even if it doesn't support custom tags like "package request". One could instruct people to send requests to bug-guix@gnu.org using a provided template. For example:

   Subject: [PACKAGE REQUEST] Add Some Software
   Body: Some other necessary information (website, license?)   

Then, maybe link to issues.gnu.org with a query like this:

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/search?query=%5BPACKAGE+REQUEST%5D+in%3Asubject+is%3Aopen

(The in:subject filter doesn't exist, though).