August 18, 2022 11:01 AM, "zimoun" <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 at 22:22, Csepp <raingl...@riseup.net> wrote: > >> Mumi and Debbugs have different search interfaces and seem to use >> different ordering. > > Hum, I am confused because from my understanding, there is one Debbugs > instance – which is quickly said some Perl scripts managing mailing > lists and thus implementing a bug tracker database. This database is > then manipulated via SOAP-interface. > > This Debbugs instance is out of the control of the Guix project, AFAIK. > > On the top of this instance, various front-ends are implemented: > > + historical one running at: https://debbugs.gnu.org > + Mumi running at: https://issues.guix.gnu.org > + emacs-debbugs running locally > > And even Debian folks provide many others, as python3-debianbts or > reportbug coming with the CLI tool bts, mailscripts, etc. > > https://git.spwhitton.name/mailscripts/tree > >> IMHO these papercuts add up. Browsing and cross-referencing issues and >> patches is way harder than it is with other forges. > > Well, harder depends on the point of view. :-) > > Indeed, you need more than just type bug#12345 to cross-link. Using a > descent mailreader, it appears to me easy to have helper. For instance, > using Emacs, I have a custom function [1] “M-x my/guix-issues“ which > adds to the kill-ring an URL. Recently, Ricardo added Message-ID to > Mumi which helps too; using emacs-notmuch, just "ci” for stashing and > then pasting elsewhere. > > 1: > <https://gitlab.com/zimoun/my-conf/-/blob/master/.config/emacs/lisp/funs.el#L271-300> > > About browsing, Mumi needs more love. :-) > >> Not saying we need to switch, maybe it's easier to just add the missing >> functionality. Or maybe it doesn't matter to anyone else. > > Well, the GNU instance of Debbugs has many flaws. But the project will > not switch from it, IMHO. That’s why Mumi as front-end tries to improve > the situation by adding the missing functionalities. I am actually working on a patch to emacs-debbugs that will provide: debbugs-gnu-my-open-bugs https://issues.guix.gnu.org/56987 (I'm also fairly slow at submitting patches, so please be patient). :) Will show you the bugs, which you submitted that are still open. At least the emacs guys seem fairly interested in improving emacs-debbugs. :) > > Cheers, > simon
