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1 NOTES ON THE EMACS BUG TRACKER -*- outline -*-
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3 The Emacs Bug Tracker can be found at http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/
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5 For a list of all bugs, see http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/emacs
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8 ** When reporting a bug, to send a Cc to another address (e.g.
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9 bug-cc-mode@gnu.org), do not just use a Cc: header.
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10 Instead, use "X-Debbugs-CC:". This ensures the Cc address will get a
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11 mail with the bug report number in.
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12
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13 ** To not get acknowledgement mail from the tracker,
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14 add an "X-Debbugs-No-Ack:" header (with any value).
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16 ** To record a bug in the tracker without sending mail to the bug list.
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17 This can be useful to make a note of something discussed on
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18 emacs-devel that needs fixing.
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20 To: quiet@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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21 [headers end]
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22 Package: emacs
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23 Version: 23.0.60
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24 Severity: minor
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26 Remember to fix FOO, as discussed on emacs-devel at http://... .
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28 ** Not interested in tracker control messages (tags being set, etc)?
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29 Discard mails matching:
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31 ^X-Emacs-PR-Message: transcript
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33 When you close a bug, you get a message matching:
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35 ^X-Emacs-PR-Message: closed
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37 ** How to avoid multiple copies of mails.
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38 When you reply to a bug, respect the Reply-To address, ie send mail
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39 only to the submitter address and the numbered bug address. Do not
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40 send mail direct to bug-gnu-emacs or emacs-pretest-bug unless you are
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41 reporting a new bug.
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43 ** To close bug #123 (for example), send mail
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45 To: 123-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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47 with a brief explanation in the body as to why the bug was closed.
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50 ** To reopen a closed bug #123:
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52 To: control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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54 reopen 123
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55 thanks
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57 ** quit|stop|thank|thanks|thankyou|thank you
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58 On a line by itself, this tells the control server to ignore the rest of
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59 the message.
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60
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61 ** Bugs can be tagged in various ways (eg wontfix, patch, etc).
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62 For a list of available tags, see:
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63 http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/Developer#tags
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64
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65 ** To tag bug #123 (for example), send a mail of the form:
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67 To: control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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69 tags 123 wontfix
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70 thanks
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72 Or just add the
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74 tags 123 wontfix
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75 thanks
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77 at the beginning of a reply. The tag can be prefixed with +, - or =,
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78 meaning to add (the default), remove, or reset the tags.
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80 ** To remove spam from the tracker, move it to the `spam' pseudo-package:
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82 To: control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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84 reassign 123 spam
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85 thanks
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87 ** To merge bugs:
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88 Eg when bad replies create a bunch of new bugs for the same report.
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89 Bugs must all be in the same state.
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91 To: control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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92 merge 123 124 125 ...
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94 ** To set severity:
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96 To: control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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97 severity 123 critical|grave|serious|important|normal|minor|wishlist
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99 See http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/Developer#severities for the meanings.
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101 ** To set the onwer of a bug:
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103 To: control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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104 owner 123 A Hacker <none@example.com>
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106 The shorthand `!' means your own address.
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108 ** To mark a bug as fixed in a particular version:
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110 To: control@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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111 fixed 123 23.0.60
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