Re: Why Emacs needs a modern bug tracker

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> > I wasn't very clear, there.  Of course users need web forms, and they
> > will manipulate the database directly.  But why can't we have VCS
> > updating, too?  This will allow RMS and others to work offline, a very
> > desirable thing.
>
> A VCS-based solution would be more complicated than necessary. Easier
> just to write a w3m-based client that pulls a copy of the entire bug 
> database out of the tracker.

Just a detail and nothing to discuss now: w3m is not available 
everywhere. Maybe the url libraries in Emacs can be used though.