On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Jeroen Roovers posted on Wed, 26 May 2010 05:08:44 +0200 as excerpted: > >> On Tue, 25 May 2010 23:40:44 +0200 >> Harald van Dijk <true...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> >>> Yes, people like myself who don't normally wrangle bugs but try to help >>> out occasionally. I'm not really interested in receiving all bug >>> wrangler e-mails. >> >> Nobody should be required to read all that crap. :) > > I've often wished there was a way to flag a bug as "I'm not thru messing > with it yet, don't mail anyone yet." That's especially true when I know > I'm going to be attaching 2-3 addition files, emerge --info, build log, > maybe sth else like a config file or even a patch, where I know the > wranglers are going to get all those extra mails.
Interesting, on most newer ticketing systems I've seen if you are about to make a change there is typically some kind of UI element (checkbox) that says something like 'suppress notifications.' An oft-used feature by me anyway when making cosmetic changes or making a number of changes at once. This assumes of course that anyone interested in the bug will actually visit it to see the full set of updates; not always the care for me and I imagine other users as well. -A > > Or, if there was a way to attach files as part of the initial filing, but > if there is, I've not found it. > > Alternatively, for normal bugs at least, maybe attaching emerge --info can > be made a part of the process, with the post-submit note saying the bug > won't be reported until that second step. (Then for bugs that clearly > don't need it, where the bug's clearly in an initscript or something, have > a checkbox on that second step saying "emerge --info shouldn't be needed > for this.") That would both encourage emerge --info submission AND > prevent one layer of bug spam at the same time! =:^) > > -- > Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- > and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman > > >
