Re: debbugs tracker builds character

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 07/20/2016 07:56 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:

> And I think it's probably still the case that we'd want our bug-tracker to
> be usable via email for those who want to (tho it's probably OK if only
> the main functions are available via this UI).

You usually can receive bug comments over email, and reply to them, but 
not create or close an issue. There are HTTP APIs for that, though.

> > The actual requirement was probably about disconnected operation or
> > something like that.
>
> Yes, I agree that this is the crucial point.  That's my motivation for
> developing BugIt (https://gitlab.com/monnier/bugit).

IMHO it's not that important a goal. The old-timers have lived without 
it for a while, and the youngsters have no idea that it's something to 
be desired.

Or, if you want to say that it's already available with debbugs because 
one can delay the delivery of their emails, an Emacs package for 
interacting with the new bug tracker could implement something like a 
queue of delayed actions inside it.

Being able to close bugs from commits (which you can push with a delay) 
would also lower the demand for such a feature.