# HG changeset patch # User Glenn Morris # Date 1264288738 28800 # Node ID 8c9b1893adfe826559a257deae9bdfb296287230 # Parent 721d9f911bd295984231f3c07a1bd9b897377036 Fix some details of previous change. diff -r 721d9f911bd2 -r 8c9b1893adfe admin/notes/bugtracker --- a/admin/notes/bugtracker Sat Jan 23 15:11:24 2010 -0800 +++ b/admin/notes/bugtracker Sat Jan 23 15:18:58 2010 -0800 @@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=37078) See also http://debbugs.gnu.org/5439 -Do NOT send a separate copy to the bug list, since this may generate a -new report. The only time to send mail to the bug list is to create a -new report. +Do NOT send a separate copy to the bug list address, since this may +generate a new report. The only time to send mail to the bug list +address is to create a new report. Gnus users can add the following to message-dont-reply-to-names; similarly with Rmail and rmail-dont-reply-to-names: @@ -68,9 +68,14 @@ ** How does Debbugs send out mails? -The mails are sent out to the bug list with From: and To: unchanged. -Eg if you file a bug with "submit@debbugs.gnu.org", that -remains in the To: address. They reach the bug list by being resent. +The mails are sent out to the bug list by being resent. The From: +header is unchanged. In new reports only (at present), the To: +address is altered as follows. Any "bug-gnu-emacs", +"emacs-pretest-bug", or "submit@debbugs" address is replaced by +123@debbugs in the mail that gets sent out. (This also applies to any +Cc: header, though you should be using X-Debbugs-CC instead in new +reports). The original header is stored as X-Debbugs-Original-To, if +it was changed. Any X-Debbugs-CC is merged into the Cc. Mails arriving at the bug list have the following Resent-* headers: @@ -80,10 +85,6 @@ The "maintainer email address" is "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" in most cases. -In a new report, any "bug-gnu-emacs", "emacs-pretest-bug", or -"submit@debbugs" address in the original To or Cc is replaced by -123@debbugs in the mail that gets sent out to the bug list. - ** To not get acknowledgement mail from the tracker, add an "X-Debbugs-No-Ack:" header (with any value). If you use Gnus, you can add an element to gnus-posting-styles to do this automatically, eg: