Re: [O] bug-tracker

[David Engster]

Michael Albinus writes:
> David Engster <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Is it OK to report bugs for upstream/development versions through
>> `report-emacs-bugs', though? I always thought this should only be used
>> for stuff that's actually bundled with Emacs (what about bugs in
>> org/contrib, for instance?).
>
> debbugs.gnu.org is not only for Emacs. See
> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/db/ix/packages.html> which other projects are
> hosted there. "gnus" is a prominent example for a subpackage of Emacs
> with an own bug package using debbugs.gnu.org.
>
> An alternative approach is tagging bugs of a project with your package
> name. See existing user tags of project emacs at
> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgindex.cgi?indexon=usertag;user=emacs>. "cedet"
> uses this mechanism already.

I know. I'm the guy who started using those tags for CEDET. :-)

I was always under the impression that those tags are merely a way for,
well, tagging bugs, so that you can search for them.  Same for
packages. I didn't know that this also implied that you're encouraged to
report bugs against upstream packages, possibly for features which are
not yet in Emacs (or may even never land there, like some stuff in
org/contrib, cedet/contrib, etc.).

-David