[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/admin/notes/bugtracker,v

[Glenn Morris]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Glenn Morris <gm>       08/10/04 18:47:50

Index: bugtracker
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/admin/notes/bugtracker,v
retrieving revision 1.21
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -b -r1.21 -r1.22
--- bugtracker  5 Sep 2008 03:58:10 -0000       1.21
+++ bugtracker  4 Oct 2008 18:47:50 -0000       1.22
@@ -24,9 +24,17 @@
 
 ** How do I reply to an existing bug report?
 Reply to address@hidden, replacing 123 with the number
-of the bug you are interested in.  Cc anyone you like.  Do NOT send
-a 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.
+of the bug you are interested in.  NB this only sends mail to the
+bug-list, it does NOT (?) send a CC to the original bug submitter.
+So you need to explicitly CC him/her (and anyone else you like).
+
+(Many people think the submitter SHOULD be automatically subscribed
+to subsequent discussion, but this does not seem to be implemented.
+See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=37078)
+
+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.
 
 ** When reporting a bug, to send a Cc to another address
 (e.g. address@hidden), do not just use a Cc: header.
@@ -34,7 +42,13 @@
 mail with the bug report number in.
 
 ** To not get acknowledgement mail from the tracker,
-add an "X-Debbugs-No-Ack:" header (with any value).
+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:
+
+("gnu-emacs\\(-pretest\\)?-bug"
+   ("X-Debbugs-No-Ack" "yes"))
+
+(adjust the regexp according to the name you use for the bug lists)
 
 ** To record a bug in the tracker without sending mail to the bug list.
 This can be useful to make a note of something discussed on