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Re: debbugs irritation Was: [WIP Patch] Adding an FHS container to guix
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zimoun |
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Re: debbugs irritation Was: [WIP Patch] Adding an FHS container to guix shell |
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Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:55:52 +0200 |
Hi,
On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 at 22:22, Csepp <raingloom@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.
Cheers,
simon
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