# HG changeset patch
# User Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
# Date 1264749562 28800
# Node ID fb827ff9ec83c76a89e55d06ac866f7af62ac94c
# Parent  645e3632318a31874c495927324ba1bac604dd72
Explain mbox folder links.

diff -r 645e3632318a -r fb827ff9ec83 admin/notes/bugtracker
--- a/admin/notes/bugtracker	Thu Jan 28 16:55:43 2010 -0500
+++ b/admin/notes/bugtracker	Thu Jan 28 23:19:22 2010 -0800
@@ -392,6 +392,17 @@
 Or use the static index:
 http://debbugs.gnu.org/db/ix/full.html
 
+** What are those "mbox folder" links on the bug report pages?
+
+"mbox folder" = messages as they arrived at the tracker
+
+"status mbox" = as above, but with a fake message at the start
+    summarizing the bug status
+
+"maintainer mbox" = messages as sent out from the tracker to the
+    maintainers (ie, bug-gnu-emacs).  These have some changed headers
+    (Resent-*, Subject, etc).
+
 ** ChangeLog issues
 
 *** When you fix a bug, it can be helpful to put the bug number in the