Re: Debbugs pseudo-headers in comments

[Ivan Shmakov]

>>>>> Carlos Pita <address@hidden> writes:

 > I tried to add a patch tag in a bug report comment pseudo-header but
 > it didn't seem to work at all (so I ended up using the control
 > interface as always).

        The Debbugs instance maintained by the Debian project allows
        ‘Control: tags + patch’ to be used for that purpose.  But that
        seems to be somewhat recent a feature, not yet available from
        debbugs.gnu.org.

 > Thus I'm afraid X-Debbugs-CC pseudo-headers I often include in my
 > followups are not honored (and this I can't do from the control
 > interface, of course).

        The purpose of X-Debbugs-CC: is to send a copy of the initial
        report with the headers (To:, Subject:) set to reference the bug
        number [1].  Why do you want to use that header in follow-ups
        (where either To: or Cc: should already point to the bug you
        reply to, and thus there’s no need for any additional header
        mangling on the part of Debbugs)?

[1] https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting#xcc

 > Could someone clarify the use of pseudo-headers in comments?  I
 > wasn't able to find a precise statement about this in the debbugs
 > documentation.

        Apart of Control:, the only other pseudo-header I know to work
        for Debbugs is Version:, – when the bug is closed via address@hidden

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