Re: [External] : Re: Gitlab Migration

[Arthur Miller]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> Maybe Emacs project should be better at informing users 
>> about Emacs bug tracker: ... and this one: ... and
>> debbugs package for browsing bugs directly from Emacs?
>
> (Apologies for not really following this thread.)
>
> 1. It might not help with the general process of tracking
> or searching bugs, but we do have a `Help' menu item for
> submitting a bug report: `Send Bug Report'.  That should
> be an easy entry, in principle.
It is an easy entry, but it is not so much about reporting bugs, but
contributing to emacs. Some people think it is easier to search through web
bases "issues" interface to discover if their issue is already reported, covered
etc.

> Of course that just invokes `report-emacs-bug'.  Maybe
> the `report-emacs-bug' interaction scares some users and
> could be made less scary (dunno).
>
> 3. Something else that might help a bit is to include,
> in each mail sent to a bug thread, a debbugs.gnu.org 
> link to that post.

That sounds like a good idea in my eyes.

> 4. And yes, a web interface (at debbugs.gnu.org or not)
> that lets you not only view, but also reply to, posts
> would be good.
>
> 5. And debbugs.gnu.org search sucks.  Or at least I suck
> at trying to find anything using it.