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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2010-01-23 15:18:58 -0800 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2010-01-23 15:18:58 -0800 |
| commit | 78dd2ebef5bd49c998170436f900b1160695d960 (patch) | |
| tree | 29d82cbd6f67d0dffbcd6ffaa5d3b898e9c82d2c /admin | |
| parent | b3a8fe07e1788c7aa4865673daafb3ce196d5487 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-78dd2ebef5bd49c998170436f900b1160695d960.tar.gz | |
Fix some details of previous change.
Diffstat (limited to 'admin')
| -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. See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=37078) See also http://debbugs.gnu.org/5439 -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. +Do NOT send a separate copy to the bug list address, since this may +generate a new report. The only time to send mail to the bug list +address is to create a new report. Gnus users can add the following to message-dont-reply-to-names; similarly with Rmail and rmail-dont-reply-to-names: @@ -68,9 +68,14 @@ It is also merged into the Resent-CC header (see below). ** How does Debbugs send out mails? -The mails are sent out to the bug list with From: and To: unchanged. -Eg if you file a bug with "submit@debbugs.gnu.org", that -remains in the To: address. They reach the bug list by being resent. +The mails are sent out to the bug list by being resent. The From: +header is unchanged. In new reports only (at present), the To: +address is altered as follows. Any "bug-gnu-emacs", +"emacs-pretest-bug", or "submit@debbugs" address is replaced by +123@debbugs in the mail that gets sent out. (This also applies to any +Cc: header, though you should be using X-Debbugs-CC instead in new +reports). The original header is stored as X-Debbugs-Original-To, if +it was changed. Any X-Debbugs-CC is merged into the Cc. Mails arriving at the bug list have the following Resent-* headers: @@ -80,10 +85,6 @@ Resent-CC: maintainer email address, plus any X-Debbugs-CC: entries The "maintainer email address" is "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" in most cases. -In a new report, any "bug-gnu-emacs", "emacs-pretest-bug", or -"submit@debbugs" address in the original To or Cc is replaced by -123@debbugs in the mail that gets sent out to the bug list. - ** To not get acknowledgement mail from the tracker, 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: |