Re: where to send patches

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Agreed.  It occurred to me that we could even tweak M-x report-emacs-bug
>> so that it notices when the report includes something that looks like
>> a patch, and adds the corresponding debbugs tag.
> People like to use this damn [PATCH] convention, so some time ago I
> tweaked debbugs.gnu.org to recognize that in the same way as "Tags:
> patch".

That's good, but I think we should try and recognize the patch itself as
well, since many people don't put any [PATCH] in the subject either.

> I did think about adding "Severity: normal" to the M-x report-emacs-bug
> boilerplate, and inviting people to adjust it if they wished.  But maybe
> it makes reporting more complicated for little gain?

Indeed, I think the gain would be very small.  Especially since it's not
obvious for the reporter to know what other severities are valid.


        Stefan