On 24/09/14 11:46, Neil Williams wrote: > This is a particularly common problem with team maintenance packages or > with psuedo-packages (like release.debian.org) where a lot of people > may be on the list. > > Please always include the package name / topic in the subject of the > email or, as a matter of last resort, in the first few lines of the > content of the message. > > I see a lot of email of the type: > > Subject: ping > Body: Any update on this issue? > EOF > > Umm, *which* issue? > > For anyone to know what is going on, it means that every subscriber has > to either ignore the email or go to the bug report manually and work > out which package or which type of request is being made for a > pseudo-package. > > I know, this only goes to a subset of bug submitters and I've done this > myself on occasion (and sworn at myself when I get the ack) but can > people from this list *please* include something specific to the actual > package/topic in the Subject of emails to bug reports? At the very > least, something in the first few lines of the content saying what you > are pinging?
Or even better: properly set In-Reply-To / References. You can easily do this by downloading an email from the bug thread and replying to that. Emilio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5422989b.2020...@debian.org
