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bug#11318: [Patchset] A bugfix and an arguable bugfix for ediff-inferior
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
bug#11318: [Patchset] A bugfix and an arguable bugfix for ediff-inferior-compare-regions |
Date: |
Thu, 10 May 2012 00:20:04 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Arguably, debbugs (sh|c)ould pay attention to the References: (or
> In-reply-to:) header to automatically put the replies in the same bug as
> their "parent" message.
It does (I added this feature), but:
a) It needs time (I think) to process the first message and update the
bug index with the message-id, so if all messages arrive at the same
instant, it doesn't work.
b) I made the decision to require a subject starting with "Re:" for this
to take effect, because sometimes people reply to an old message and
change the subject with the intention of creating a new report.
(I'm pretty sure I've said this before.)
I'm feeling like I should admit defeat on this aspect, since it seems
people just love messing around with the subject header.
I also added something that makes [patch] equivalent to
Tags:patch
But it's never been an advertised convention for any Emacs mailing list
AFAIK, and it makes me grumpy. :)
I've always assumed it came from the linux kernel and is now the [in thing].
But let's not turn this into another BEGIN_SRC derail...