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| author | Glenn Morris | 2010-01-23 15:18:58 -0800 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris | 2010-01-23 15:18:58 -0800 |
| commit | ed130eb0fe0a68f78160d194367abd15e16a9618 (patch) | |
| tree | 55f4b63e3fee90e61c9dbac67c7497332a41180d /admin/notes/bugtracker | |
| parent | 9630d49eaef26402854482062d43ecb93f542d2b (diff) | |
| download | emacs-ed130eb0fe0a68f78160d194367abd15e16a9618.tar.gz emacs-ed130eb0fe0a68f78160d194367abd15e16a9618.zip | |
Fix some details of previous change.
Diffstat (limited to 'admin/notes/bugtracker')
| -rw-r--r-- | admin/notes/bugtracker | 21 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/admin/notes/bugtracker b/admin/notes/bugtracker index 36e8604f34b..37347903cea 100644 --- a/admin/notes/bugtracker +++ b/admin/notes/bugtracker | |||
| @@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ to subsequent discussion, but this does not seem to be implemented. | |||
| 37 | See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=37078) | 37 | See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=37078) |
| 38 | See also http://debbugs.gnu.org/5439 | 38 | See also http://debbugs.gnu.org/5439 |
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | Do NOT send a separate copy to the bug list, since this may generate a | 40 | Do NOT send a separate copy to the bug list address, since this may |
| 41 | new report. The only time to send mail to the bug list is to create a | 41 | generate a new report. The only time to send mail to the bug list |
| 42 | new report. | 42 | address is to create a new report. |
| 43 | 43 | ||
| 44 | Gnus users can add the following to message-dont-reply-to-names; | 44 | Gnus users can add the following to message-dont-reply-to-names; |
| 45 | similarly with Rmail and rmail-dont-reply-to-names: | 45 | similarly with Rmail and rmail-dont-reply-to-names: |
| @@ -68,9 +68,14 @@ It is also merged into the Resent-CC header (see below). | |||
| 68 | 68 | ||
| 69 | ** How does Debbugs send out mails? | 69 | ** How does Debbugs send out mails? |
| 70 | 70 | ||
| 71 | The mails are sent out to the bug list with From: and To: unchanged. | 71 | The mails are sent out to the bug list by being resent. The From: |
| 72 | Eg if you file a bug with "submit@debbugs.gnu.org", that | 72 | header is unchanged. In new reports only (at present), the To: |
| 73 | remains in the To: address. They reach the bug list by being resent. | 73 | address is altered as follows. Any "bug-gnu-emacs", |
| 74 | "emacs-pretest-bug", or "submit@debbugs" address is replaced by | ||
| 75 | 123@debbugs in the mail that gets sent out. (This also applies to any | ||
| 76 | Cc: header, though you should be using X-Debbugs-CC instead in new | ||
| 77 | reports). The original header is stored as X-Debbugs-Original-To, if | ||
| 78 | it was changed. Any X-Debbugs-CC is merged into the Cc. | ||
| 74 | 79 | ||
| 75 | Mails arriving at the bug list have the following Resent-* headers: | 80 | Mails arriving at the bug list have the following Resent-* headers: |
| 76 | 81 | ||
| @@ -80,10 +85,6 @@ Resent-CC: maintainer email address, plus any X-Debbugs-CC: entries | |||
| 80 | 85 | ||
| 81 | The "maintainer email address" is "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" in most cases. | 86 | The "maintainer email address" is "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" in most cases. |
| 82 | 87 | ||
| 83 | In a new report, any "bug-gnu-emacs", "emacs-pretest-bug", or | ||
| 84 | "submit@debbugs" address in the original To or Cc is replaced by | ||
| 85 | 123@debbugs in the mail that gets sent out to the bug list. | ||
| 86 | |||
| 87 | ** To not get acknowledgement mail from the tracker, | 88 | ** To not get acknowledgement mail from the tracker, |
| 88 | add an "X-Debbugs-No-Ack:" header (with any value). If you use Gnus, | 89 | add an "X-Debbugs-No-Ack:" header (with any value). If you use Gnus, |
| 89 | you can add an element to gnus-posting-styles to do this automatically, eg: | 90 | you can add an element to gnus-posting-styles to do this automatically, eg: |