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bug#58813: can't substitute etc/teams.scm command as doc suggests
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#58813: can't substitute etc/teams.scm command as doc suggests |
Date: |
Mon, 09 Jan 2023 18:23:28 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis:
> Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi Ludo,
>>
>> On Tue, 03 Jan 2023 at 23:29, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>>> The manual recommends this (info "(guix) Teams"):
>>>
>>> git send-email --to ISSUE_NUMBER@debbugs.gnu.org $(./etc/teams.scm cc
>>> mentors) *.patch
>>>
>>> where:
>>>
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>> λ ./etc/teams.scm cc mentors
>>> --add-header="X-Debbugs-Cc: rg@raghavgururajan.name"
>>> --add-header="X-Debbugs-Cc: zimon.toutoune@gmail.com" …
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>>
>>> I believe this cannot work because the shell will split words on each
>>> whitespace; IOW, the double quotes above do not have the desired effect.
>
>> Well, IIUC, this part is tracked by #58813 [1].
>>
>> 1: <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/58813>
>
> Indeed (CC'd).
>
> I thought about not using whitespace in the generated output, but I'm
> not sure if Debbugs or email clients in general would care, plus it's a
> dirty fix.
Right.
How about just outputting a line like:
X-Debbugs-Cc: maxim@example.org, ludo@example.org
that people would paste in their cover letter?
How do Linux’s scripts work?
> With the recent patman integration merged (though do apply #60576 as a
> fixup commit), I'm tempted to remove the mentions of git send-email
> $(etc/teams.scm cc-members ...) and replace that by 'Further automation
> of git send-email and etc/teams.scm is possible via the patman package'.
>
> What do you think?
This is the first time I hear about patman. :-)
The “Submitting Patches” section mentions ‘git send-email’; I don’t
think this is about to change, is it?
Thanks,
Ludo’.