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| author | Paul Eggert | 2018-05-20 10:47:32 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert | 2018-05-20 11:02:50 -0700 |
| commit | ee2916c6d25f963649c9fe2583faf66538f60180 (patch) | |
| tree | fc4d9a789d21fe7efd1e7d808bcc4af8f9fa5646 /admin/notes/bugtracker | |
| parent | a32412b8aa3dc14d810054601d9502ccfd1dae57 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-ee2916c6d25f963649c9fe2583faf66538f60180.tar.gz emacs-ee2916c6d25f963649c9fe2583faf66538f60180.zip | |
Use “Cc” for email copies, as per RFC 5322.
Also fix similar problems with Bcc, Fcc, In-Reply-To,
and similar email headers. See thread starting at:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2018-05/msg00463.html
Diffstat (limited to 'admin/notes/bugtracker')
| -rw-r--r-- | admin/notes/bugtracker | 26 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/admin/notes/bugtracker b/admin/notes/bugtracker index c39458184f6..f3bc3045542 100644 --- a/admin/notes/bugtracker +++ b/admin/notes/bugtracker | |||
| @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This is 95% of all you will ever need to know. | |||
| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | ** How do I report a bug? | 9 | ** How do I report a bug? |
| 10 | Use M-x report-emacs-bug, or send mail to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. | 10 | Use M-x report-emacs-bug, or send mail to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. |
| 11 | If you want to Cc someone, use an "X-Debbugs-CC" header (or | 11 | If you want to Cc someone, use an "X-Debbugs-Cc" header (or |
| 12 | pseudo-header, see below) instead. | 12 | pseudo-header, see below) instead. |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | ** How do I comment on a bug? | 14 | ** How do I comment on a bug? |
| @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ i) Your report will be assigned a number and generate an automatic reply. | |||
| 53 | ii) Optionally, you can set some database parameters when you first | 53 | ii) Optionally, you can set some database parameters when you first |
| 54 | report a bug (see "Setting bug parameters" below). | 54 | report a bug (see "Setting bug parameters" below). |
| 55 | 55 | ||
| 56 | iii) If you want to CC: someone, use X-Debbugs-CC: (note this only | 56 | iii) If you want to Cc someone, use X-Debbugs-Cc: (note this only |
| 57 | applies to _new_ reports, not followups). | 57 | applies to _new_ reports, not followups). |
| 58 | 58 | ||
| 59 | Once your report is filed and assigned a number, it is sent out to the | 59 | Once your report is filed and assigned a number, it is sent out to the |
| @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ quiet@debbugs.gnu.org. | |||
| 64 | ** How do I reply to an existing bug report? | 64 | ** How do I reply to an existing bug report? |
| 65 | Reply to 123@debbugs.gnu.org, replacing 123 with the number | 65 | Reply to 123@debbugs.gnu.org, replacing 123 with the number |
| 66 | of the bug you are interested in. NB this only sends mail to the | 66 | of the bug you are interested in. NB this only sends mail to the |
| 67 | bug-list, it does NOT send a CC to the original bug submitter. | 67 | bug-list, it does NOT send a Cc to the original bug submitter. |
| 68 | So you need to explicitly CC him/her (and anyone else you like). | 68 | So you need to explicitly Cc him/her (and anyone else you like). |
| 69 | (This works the same way as all the Emacs mailing lists. We generally | 69 | (This works the same way as all the Emacs mailing lists. We generally |
| 70 | don't assume anyone who posts to a list is subscribed to it, so we | 70 | don't assume anyone who posts to a list is subscribed to it, so we |
| 71 | cc everyone on replies.) | 71 | cc everyone on replies.) |
| @@ -95,23 +95,23 @@ normal bug reporting.) | |||
| 95 | 95 | ||
| 96 | ** When reporting a new bug, to send a Cc to another address | 96 | ** When reporting a new bug, to send a Cc to another address |
| 97 | (e.g. bug-cc-mode@gnu.org), do NOT just use a Cc: header. | 97 | (e.g. bug-cc-mode@gnu.org), do NOT just use a Cc: header. |
| 98 | Instead, use "X-Debbugs-CC:". This ensures the Cc address(es) will get a | 98 | Instead, use "X-Debbugs-Cc:". This ensures the Cc address(es) will get a |
| 99 | mail with the bug report number in. If you do not do this, each reply | 99 | mail with the bug report number in. If you do not do this, each reply |
| 100 | in the subsequent discussion might end up creating a new bug. | 100 | in the subsequent discussion might end up creating a new bug. |
| 101 | This is annoying. (So annoying that a form of message-id tracking has | 101 | This is annoying. (So annoying that a form of message-id tracking has |
| 102 | been implemented to hopefully stop this happening, but it is still | 102 | been implemented to hopefully stop this happening, but it is still |
| 103 | better to use X-Debbugs-CC.) | 103 | better to use X-Debbugs-Cc.) |
| 104 | 104 | ||
| 105 | If you want to send copies to more than one address, add them | 105 | If you want to send copies to more than one address, add them |
| 106 | comma-separated in only one X-Debbugs-CC line. | 106 | comma-separated in only one X-Debbugs-Cc line. |
| 107 | 107 | ||
| 108 | Like any X-Debbugs- header, this one can also be specified in the | 108 | Like any X-Debbugs- header, this one can also be specified in the |
| 109 | pseudo-header (see below), if your mail client does not let you add | 109 | pseudo-header (see below), if your mail client does not let you add |
| 110 | "X-" headers. | 110 | "X-" headers. |
| 111 | 111 | ||
| 112 | If a new report contains X-Debbugs-CC in the input, this is | 112 | If a new report contains X-Debbugs-Cc in the input, this is |
| 113 | converted to a real Cc header in the output. (See Bug#1780,5384) | 113 | converted to a real Cc header in the output. (See Bug#1780,5384) |
| 114 | It is also merged into the Resent-CC header (see below). | 114 | It is also merged into the Resent-Cc header (see below). |
| 115 | 115 | ||
| 116 | ** How does Debbugs send out mails? | 116 | ** How does Debbugs send out mails? |
| 117 | 117 | ||
| @@ -120,15 +120,15 @@ header is unchanged. In new reports only (at present), the To: | |||
| 120 | address is altered as follows. Any "bug-gnu-emacs", | 120 | address is altered as follows. Any "bug-gnu-emacs", |
| 121 | "emacs-pretest-bug", or "submit@debbugs" address is replaced by | 121 | "emacs-pretest-bug", or "submit@debbugs" address is replaced by |
| 122 | 123@debbugs in the mail that gets sent out. (This also applies to any | 122 | 123@debbugs in the mail that gets sent out. (This also applies to any |
| 123 | Cc: header, though you should be using X-Debbugs-CC instead in new | 123 | Cc: header, though you should be using X-Debbugs-Cc instead in new |
| 124 | reports). The original header is stored as X-Debbugs-Original-To, if | 124 | reports). The original header is stored as X-Debbugs-Original-To, if |
| 125 | it was changed. Any X-Debbugs-CC is merged into the Cc. | 125 | it was changed. Any X-Debbugs-Cc is merged into the Cc. |
| 126 | 126 | ||
| 127 | Mails arriving at the bug list have the following Resent-* headers: | 127 | Mails arriving at the bug list have the following Resent-* headers: |
| 128 | 128 | ||
| 129 | Resent-From: person who submitted the bug | 129 | Resent-From: person who submitted the bug |
| 130 | Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org | 130 | Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org |
| 131 | Resent-CC: maintainer email address, plus any X-Debbugs-CC: entries | 131 | Resent-Cc: maintainer email address, plus any X-Debbugs-Cc: entries |
| 132 | 132 | ||
| 133 | The "maintainer email address" is "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" in most cases. | 133 | The "maintainer email address" is "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" in most cases. |
| 134 | 134 | ||
| @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ The control server ignores anything after the last line above. So you | |||
| 239 | can place control commands at the beginning of a reply to a bug | 239 | can place control commands at the beginning of a reply to a bug |
| 240 | report, and Bcc: the control server (note the commands have no effect | 240 | report, and Bcc: the control server (note the commands have no effect |
| 241 | if you just send them to the bug-report number). Bcc: is better than Cc: | 241 | if you just send them to the bug-report number). Bcc: is better than Cc: |
| 242 | in case people use Reply-to-All in response. | 242 | in case people use Reply-To-All in response. |
| 243 | 243 | ||
| 244 | Some useful control commands: | 244 | Some useful control commands: |
| 245 | 245 | ||