# HG changeset patch # User Glenn Morris # Date 1271212608 25200 # Node ID 0ddcd935235c8c0262a5b3f6ae17281bc3feedea # Parent 3022f1f90ee233518231221c8f70881611feedfa * admin/notes/bugtracker: Minor updates. diff -r 3022f1f90ee2 -r 0ddcd935235c admin/notes/bugtracker --- a/admin/notes/bugtracker Tue Apr 13 09:15:14 2010 +0000 +++ b/admin/notes/bugtracker Tue Apr 13 19:36:48 2010 -0700 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * Quick-start guide -This is 95% of all you will ever need. +This is 95% of all you will ever need to know. ** How do I report a bug? Use M-x report-emacs-bug, or send mail to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. @@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ For a list of all bugs, see http://debbugs.gnu.org/db/pa/lemacs.html This is a static page, updated once a day. There is also a dynamic -list, generated on request, but since there are many bug reports this -is slow and not recommended. +list, generated on request. This accepts various options, eg to see +the most recent bugs: + +http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?newest=100 + +Or follow the links on the front page http://debbugs.gnu.org . ** How do I report a bug in Emacs now? The same way as you always did. Send mail to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, @@ -92,6 +96,9 @@ in the subsequent discussion will end up creating a new bug. This is annoying. +(So annoying that a form of message-id tracking has been implemented +to hopefully stop this happening, but it is still better to use X-Debbugs-CC.) + If a new report contains X-Debbugs-CC in the input, this is converted to a real Cc header in the output. (See Bug#1720). It is also merged into the Resent-CC header (see below). @@ -191,8 +198,7 @@ Version: 23.0.60 Severity: minor -Optionally, add a sub-package, eg Package: emacs,calendar. -This can include tags. Some things (e.g. submitter) don't seem to +This can also include tags. Some things (e.g. submitter) don't seem to work here. Otherwise, send mail to the control server, control@debbugs.gnu.org. @@ -229,7 +235,7 @@ 123 # given bug number 123;mbox=yes # mbox version of given bug -package # bugs in given package (don't use "emacs" - too many bugs!) +package # bugs in given package from:submitter@email.address severity:severity # all bugs of given severity tag:tag # all bugs with given tag @@ -281,6 +287,9 @@ search box. The only piece you really need to add is the "users" portion, the rest has the same syntax as normal. +**** To browse bugs by usertag: +http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgindex.cgi?indexon=users + **** To find all bugs usertagged by a given email address: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?users=bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org @@ -359,7 +368,7 @@ notfixed 123 23.0.60 *** To assign or reassign a bug to a package or list of packages: -reassign 1234 emacs,cc-mode +reassign 1234 emacs ** To remove spam from the tracker, move it to the `spam' pseudo-package: reassign 123 spam