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* the GNU bug tracker, use it or have something similar? Gmane might block attachments in bug reports
@ 2021-10-25 14:21 Uwe Brauer
  2021-10-25 17:00 ` Max Nikulin
  2021-10-25 21:55 ` Tim Cross
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Uwe Brauer @ 2021-10-25 14:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode



Hi

org-submit-bug-report sends an email to the org-mode mailing list. It
turns out, that if you attach a file and later display that message on
gmane, as I do in order to keep my email traffic in moderate numbers,
then gmane might block that attachment.

Now GNU emacs has a bug tracker what can be accessed via debbugs-org and
there this problem does not appear.

The org mailing list does have a similar bug tracker which is a bit of
problem with such a workflow. 

Of course an alternative would be to CC the bug report to the GNU emacs
list since org mode is also in the GNU emacs tree, but I am not sure
whether this is a good idea. 

Thoughts?

Regards

Uwe Bruaer 



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* Re: the GNU bug tracker, use it or have something similar? Gmane might block attachments in bug reports
  2021-10-25 14:21 the GNU bug tracker, use it or have something similar? Gmane might block attachments in bug reports Uwe Brauer
@ 2021-10-25 17:00 ` Max Nikulin
  2021-10-25 19:14   ` Uwe Brauer
                     ` (2 more replies)
  2021-10-25 21:55 ` Tim Cross
  1 sibling, 3 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Max Nikulin @ 2021-10-25 17:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

On 25/10/2021 21:21, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> 
> org-submit-bug-report sends an email to the org-mode mailing list. It
> turns out, that if you attach a file and later display that message on
> gmane, as I do in order to keep my email traffic in moderate numbers,
> then gmane might block that attachment.

I do not see your attachment on news.gmane.io as well, but it is a rare 
problem. Mostly attachments are received correctly. Moreover, a part of 
your message is truncated. I am unsure whether there is some limit for 
message size or parser was confused by excessive white spaces (unsure 
whether the message was fully conformant). Anyway, size of "current 
state" part tells that it is unlikely *minimal* example that you tested 
with "emacs -Q". Even the part received by gmane has size of almost 300k.

> Now GNU emacs has a bug tracker what can be accessed via debbugs-org and
> there this problem does not appear.
> 
> The org mailing list does have a similar bug tracker which is a bit of
> problem with such a workflow.

Attachment is available on
https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87a6j02qf0.fsf@mat.ucm.es/
so I do not see any problem. Likely nobody explicitly confirmed your 
bug, so it did not appear on https://updates.orgmode.org/ On the other 
hand, a patch appeared quickly enough, so reasons to complain are 
unclear for me.

> Of course an alternative would be to CC the bug report to the GNU emacs
> list since org mode is also in the GNU emacs tree, but I am not sure
> whether this is a good idea.

I am unsure to which list you are going to send a copy. Emacs-orgmode is 
hosted on gnu.org just as other emacs lists. Besides lists.gnu.org it is 
archived on public inbox instances and these archives were able to parse 
your message. For issues filed through debbugs.gnu.org latency is often 
higher that for ones sent directly to this list.

Are there evidences that it was not a rare case when an attachments from 
a messages generated by org-submit-bug-report was lost by gmane and 
change of workflow is really required?



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* Re: the GNU bug tracker, use it or have something similar? Gmane might block attachments in bug reports
  2021-10-25 17:00 ` Max Nikulin
@ 2021-10-25 19:14   ` Uwe Brauer
  2021-10-25 19:15   ` Uwe Brauer
  2021-10-25 19:21   ` Uwe Brauer
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Uwe Brauer @ 2021-10-25 19:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

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>>> "MN" == Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> On 25/10/2021 21:21, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>> org-submit-bug-report sends an email to the org-mode mailing list.
>> It
>> turns out, that if you attach a file and later display that message on
>> gmane, as I do in order to keep my email traffic in moderate numbers,
>> then gmane might block that attachment.


Thanks for your detailed answer


> I do not see your attachment on news.gmane.io as well, but it is a
> rare problem. Mostly attachments are received correctly. Moreover, a
> part of your message is truncated. I am unsure whether there is some
> limit for message size or parser was confused by excessive white
> spaces (unsure whether the message was fully conformant). Anyway, size
> of "current state" part tells that it is unlikely *minimal* example
> that you tested with "emacs -Q". Even the part received by gmane has
> size of almost 300k.

Right, it was not produced my emacs -Q my bad. Sorry.


>> Now GNU emacs has a bug tracker what can be accessed via debbugs-org and
>> there this problem does not appear.
>> The org mailing list does have a similar bug tracker which is a bit
>> of
>> problem with such a workflow.

> Attachment is available on
> https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87a6j02qf0.fsf@mat.ucm.es/
> so I do not see any problem. Likely nobody explicitly confirmed your
> bug, so it did not appear on https://updates.orgmode.org/ On the other
> hand, a patch appeared quickly enough, so reasons to complain are
> unclear for me.

That is not entirely true, Kevin, said he could not see my attachment
and quickly produced a minimal example himself, that confirmed my bug. 
https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87pmrupu0s.fsf@gmail.com/

(His message was the reason to bring up that subject)

>> Of course an alternative would be to CC the bug report to the GNU emacs
>> list since org mode is also in the GNU emacs tree, but I am not sure
>> whether this is a good idea.

> I am unsure to which list you are going to send a copy. Emacs-orgmode
> is hosted on gnu.org just as other emacs lists. 

To 
bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

That one I can access via debbugs-org

That function seems a good compromise: it does not require to be
subscribed to the list, and it does not suffer from gmane's problem.

When I call debbugs-org I do not see my bug, are you saying I should?



> 
> Besides lists.gnu.org
> it is archived on public inbox instances and these archives were able
> to parse your message. For issues filed through debbugs.gnu.org
> latency is often higher that for ones sent directly to this list.


> Are there evidences that it was not a rare case when an attachments
> from a messages generated by org-submit-bug-report was lost by gmane
> and change of workflow is really required?


Well one thing I learned is to stick to emacs -Q strictly, but I would
like to know whether debbugs-org could access this bug?

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* Re: the GNU bug tracker, use it or have something similar? Gmane might block attachments in bug reports
  2021-10-25 17:00 ` Max Nikulin
  2021-10-25 19:14   ` Uwe Brauer
@ 2021-10-25 19:15   ` Uwe Brauer
  2021-10-25 19:21   ` Uwe Brauer
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Uwe Brauer @ 2021-10-25 19:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode


>>> "MN" == Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> On 25/10/2021 21:21, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>> org-submit-bug-report sends an email to the org-mode mailing list.
>> It
>> turns out, that if you attach a file and later display that message on
>> gmane, as I do in order to keep my email traffic in moderate numbers,
>> then gmane might block that attachment.


Thanks for your detailed answer


> I do not see your attachment on news.gmane.io as well, but it is a
> rare problem. Mostly attachments are received correctly. Moreover, a
> part of your message is truncated. I am unsure whether there is some
> limit for message size or parser was confused by excessive white
> spaces (unsure whether the message was fully conformant). Anyway, size
> of "current state" part tells that it is unlikely *minimal* example
> that you tested with "emacs -Q". Even the part received by gmane has
> size of almost 300k.

Right, it was not produced my emacs -Q my bad. Sorry.


>> Now GNU emacs has a bug tracker what can be accessed via debbugs-org and
>> there this problem does not appear.
>> The org mailing list does have a similar bug tracker which is a bit
>> of
>> problem with such a workflow.

> Attachment is available on
> https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87a6j02qf0.fsf@mat.ucm.es/
> so I do not see any problem. Likely nobody explicitly confirmed your
> bug, so it did not appear on https://updates.orgmode.org/ On the other
> hand, a patch appeared quickly enough, so reasons to complain are
> unclear for me.

That is not entirely true, Kevin, said he could not see my attachment
and quickly produced a minimal example himself, that confirmed my bug. 
https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87pmrupu0s.fsf@gmail.com/

(His message was the reason to bring up that subject)

>> Of course an alternative would be to CC the bug report to the GNU emacs
>> list since org mode is also in the GNU emacs tree, but I am not sure
>> whether this is a good idea.

> I am unsure to which list you are going to send a copy. Emacs-orgmode
> is hosted on gnu.org just as other emacs lists. 

To 
bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

That one I can access via debbugs-org

That function seems a good compromise: it does not require to be
subscribed to the list, and it does not suffer from gmane's problem.

When I call debbugs-org I do not see my bug, are you saying I should?



> 
> Besides lists.gnu.org
> it is archived on public inbox instances and these archives were able
> to parse your message. For issues filed through debbugs.gnu.org
> latency is often higher that for ones sent directly to this list.


> Are there evidences that it was not a rare case when an attachments
> from a messages generated by org-submit-bug-report was lost by gmane
> and change of workflow is really required?


Well one thing I learned is to stick to emacs -Q strictly, but I would
like to know whether debbugs-org could access this bug?



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* Re: the GNU bug tracker, use it or have something similar? Gmane might block attachments in bug reports
  2021-10-25 17:00 ` Max Nikulin
  2021-10-25 19:14   ` Uwe Brauer
  2021-10-25 19:15   ` Uwe Brauer
@ 2021-10-25 19:21   ` Uwe Brauer
  2021-10-26 16:59     ` Max Nikulin
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Uwe Brauer @ 2021-10-25 19:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode


>>> "MN" == Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> On 25/10/2021 21:21, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>> org-submit-bug-report sends an email to the org-mode mailing list.
>> It
>> turns out, that if you attach a file and later display that message on
>> gmane, as I do in order to keep my email traffic in moderate numbers,
>> then gmane might block that attachment.


Thanks for your detailed answer


> I do not see your attachment on news.gmane.io as well, but it is a
> rare problem. Mostly attachments are received correctly. Moreover, a
> part of your message is truncated. I am unsure whether there is some
> limit for message size or parser was confused by excessive white
> spaces (unsure whether the message was fully conformant). Anyway, size
> of "current state" part tells that it is unlikely *minimal* example
> that you tested with "emacs -Q". Even the part received by gmane has
> size of almost 300k.

Right, it was not produced my emacs -Q my bad. Sorry.


>> Now GNU emacs has a bug tracker what can be accessed via debbugs-org and
>> there this problem does not appear.
>> The org mailing list does have a similar bug tracker which is a bit
>> of
>> problem with such a workflow.

> Attachment is available on
> https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87a6j02qf0.fsf@mat.ucm.es/
> so I do not see any problem. Likely nobody explicitly confirmed your
> bug, so it did not appear on https://updates.orgmode.org/ On the other
> hand, a patch appeared quickly enough, so reasons to complain are
> unclear for me.

That is not entirely true, Kevin, said he could not see my attachment
and quickly produced a minimal example himself, that confirmed my bug. 
https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87pmrupu0s.fsf@gmail.com/

(His message was the reason to bring up that subject)

>> Of course an alternative would be to CC the bug report to the GNU emacs
>> list since org mode is also in the GNU emacs tree, but I am not sure
>> whether this is a good idea.

> I am unsure to which list you are going to send a copy. Emacs-orgmode
> is hosted on gnu.org just as other emacs lists. 

To 
bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

That one I can access via debbugs-org

That function seems a good compromise: it does not require to be
subscribed to the list, and it does not suffer from gmane's problem.

When I call debbugs-org I do not see my bug, are you saying I should?



> 
> Besides lists.gnu.org
> it is archived on public inbox instances and these archives were able
> to parse your message. For issues filed through debbugs.gnu.org
> latency is often higher that for ones sent directly to this list.


> Are there evidences that it was not a rare case when an attachments
> from a messages generated by org-submit-bug-report was lost by gmane
> and change of workflow is really required?


Well one thing I learned is to stick to emacs -Q strictly, but I would
like to know whether debbugs-org could access this bug?



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* Re: the GNU bug tracker, use it or have something similar? Gmane might block attachments in bug reports
  2021-10-25 14:21 the GNU bug tracker, use it or have something similar? Gmane might block attachments in bug reports Uwe Brauer
  2021-10-25 17:00 ` Max Nikulin
@ 2021-10-25 21:55 ` Tim Cross
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Tim Cross @ 2021-10-25 21:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode


Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

> Hi
>
> org-submit-bug-report sends an email to the org-mode mailing list. It
> turns out, that if you attach a file and later display that message on
> gmane, as I do in order to keep my email traffic in moderate numbers,
> then gmane might block that attachment.
>
> Now GNU emacs has a bug tracker what can be accessed via debbugs-org and
> there this problem does not appear.
>
> The org mailing list does have a similar bug tracker which is a bit of
> problem with such a workflow. 
>
> Of course an alternative would be to CC the bug report to the GNU emacs
> list since org mode is also in the GNU emacs tree, but I am not sure
> whether this is a good idea. 
>
> Thoughts?
>

I'm not sure which list you are referring to by "BNU emacs list" - do
you mean the emacs-devel list or the emacs bug list (same as
report-emacs-bug)? In any case, I don't think you should report bugs on
emacs-devel (when people do, they are typically asked to submit a bug
report. With respect to sending it to the emacs bug list (or using
report-emacs-bug), I think you should probably only do this when your
reporting a bug with the org mode bundled with emacs (just my opinion,
not policy of course). In any rate, any bug reported to the emacs bug
list just sits in the emacs bug tracker until someone sends it on to
this list and it gets added to the org list of bugs on orgmode.org. . 


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* Re: the GNU bug tracker, use it or have something similar? Gmane might block attachments in bug reports
  2021-10-25 19:21   ` Uwe Brauer
@ 2021-10-26 16:59     ` Max Nikulin
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Max Nikulin @ 2021-10-26 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

On 26/10/2021 02:21, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> Max Nikulin writes:
>> I am unsure to which list you are going to send a copy. Emacs-orgmode
>> is hosted on gnu.org just as other emacs lists.
> 
> To bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> That one I can access via debbugs-org
> 
> That function seems a good compromise: it does not require to be
> subscribed to the list, and it does not suffer from gmane's problem.

I may be wrong in some minor details, but Emacs bug tracker (among other 
GNU projects) resides on https://debbugs.gnu.org/ Its main interface 
though is email, but ...@debbugs.gnu.org, not bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. The 
latter is just a broadcast notification channel. I do not think, 
messages sent directly to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org are forwarded to 
debbugs.gnu.org. Sometimes emacs-orgmode is added as Cc address for bugs 
tracked by debbugs. In such cases it is better to reply directly to mail 
address associated with the bug, not to the mail list, otherwise the 
response will not appear in the debbugs archive.

> When I call debbugs-org I do not see my bug, are you saying I should?

You may see your bug on https://updates.orgmode.org/ that is independent 
tracker, see e.g. https://list.orgmode.org/87wnmtb7dd.fsf@gnu.org/
However someone should confirm that it is a real bug.

https://list.orgmode.org/87v9kavoms.fsf@gnu.org/
Bastien. Re: issue tracker? Mon, 01 Jun 2020 16:36:59 +0200
> I'd like to keep this mailing list as the central place to discuss
> everything about Org, including bug reports.

I do not know what are the reasons why Bastien prefers to develop 
"Woof!" instead of relying on much more powerful debbugs. As to me, for 
some reason it requires a bit more time and cognitive efforts to realize 
current status of a debbugs issue in comparison to the most of other 
trackers. In addition, I do not like that GNU's debbugs instance exposes 
contents to general purpose search engines in a form that makes it hard 
to provide relevant search results and descriptive summary snippet (due 
to some performance reasons). So bugs are often rates much lower than 
reddit threads and stackexchange questions.

> Well one thing I learned is to stick to emacs -Q strictly, but I would
> like to know whether debbugs-org could access this bug?

org-submit-bug-report may act better by adding a warning that user may 
expose some private information to public and by suggesting -Q if state 
size is above some threshold.

-Q is mentioned in almost all sources related to bug reports, e.g.
https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html (info "(org) Feedback")

debbugs-org is an interface to debbugs, but Org mostly uses mail list 
directly and updates.orgmode.org, so the only way to get a bug in 
debbugs-org is to send it to debbugs. It is neither forbidden nor 
encouraged.



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