changeset 106968:8c9b1893adfe

Fix some details of previous change.
author Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
date Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:18:58 -0800
parents 721d9f911bd2
children 5824bdf04287
files admin/notes/bugtracker
diffstat 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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: