Re: The fixes-bug field

[Darren Hoo]

Glenn Morris <address@hidden> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>> I think we should decide on how to store this info and how to report
>> the fixed bugs once we switch to git, before we decide on how to
>> convert this data from bzr, and whether or not this justifies a new
>> conversion from scratch rather than reuse of the existing mirror.
>
> Absolutely.
>
> I also suggest that any conversion standardize the format of the entries.
> At present you find examples of both
>
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/16462
>
> and
>
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16462
>
> Both point to the same place, but I think the former format is better.

What benefit do we get by using bzr fixes bug over mentioning it in the
commit log like (Bug#16462)? I can see some of them in the ChangeLogs.

I like (Bug#16462) better because it also appears in the ChangeLog.
and since the Bug Id is universal, using full url is somewhat redundant.

As a regular user it is easier for me to just go through the ChangeLog file
to check whether a certain bug I care about is fixed in Emacs releases.