Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 08:00:18AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > When I decided that debbugs should work like this: > > I think this was the right decision and still is, with this additional reason: > > Folks are much busier these days and

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

Hello, On Mon, 2016-12-26 at 14:56 -0200, Samuel Henrique wrote: > I didn't know that, fortunately i didn't ended in a situation where i needed > feedback from the bug submitter. > > But the question is, shouldn't the bot forward to the submitter? > I've run into this problem in the past.

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:16:08 +0100, Johannes Schauer wrote: > Quoting Adam Borowski (2016-12-27 17:56:59) > > Current procedure of subscribing to a bug is an abomination: you need FOUR > > mails for something that could be done by default. > I feel you. This is why I long stopped subscribing to

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

Hello, Ian Jackson, on Wed 28 Dec 2016 20:03:11 +, wrote: > Even with auto-subscription by default, maintainers would still have > to mail NNN-submitter to ask for moreinfo, Yes. The only way to really fix the issue starting the thread is to change nnn@'s behavior, and possibly change bots

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

Russ Allbery writes ("Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter"): > I agree in the abstract, but I do think it's also worth noting that > basically every other bug reporting system I'm aware of defaults to > sending all updates to the bug reporter. So while a

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 12:16:08PM +0100, Johannes Schauer wrote: > 3. or an "autosubscribe to all submitted bugs" or "autosubscribe to all bugs > one contributed to" feature which prevents spam by only subscribing me to > bugs that I write signed emails to Even if other ideas are

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

Hi, Quoting Adam Borowski (2016-12-27 17:56:59) > Current procedure of subscribing to a bug is an abomination: you need FOUR > mails for something that could be done by default. I feel you. This is why I long stopped subscribing to bugs I file. The ping-pong is too bothersome for me. Now I just

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

Harlan Lieberman-Berg writes: > One model is that the submitters are purely "users" --- people who may > not have an interest in the inner workings of a technical issue but > simply want it fixed. These people are best served by the current > behavior of debbugs: they get

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

Ian Jackson writes: > * I was overly concerned that submitters ought not to be troubled by >Debian-internal communications about their bug. I think part of the confusion and dissent here is that there are two intersecting-but-non-equal mental models of who

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

Fully support Ian's proposed change. I've been around Debian for 16 years and I STILL find this behaviour irritating because it is contrary to my expectations. -Steve signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 11:03:05PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Samuel Thibault writes ("HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT > sent to the submitter"): > > This happens again and again... Quite a few maintainers don't seem to > > realize that mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: > When I decided that debbugs should work like this: I think this was the right decision and still is, with this additional reason: Folks are much busier these days and every extra unnecessary email takes extra time and brain space that could

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

Paul Wise writes ("Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter"): > On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 12:29 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > This happens again and again... Quite a few maintainers don't seem to > > realize that mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are not

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

Samuel Thibault writes ("HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter"): > This happens again and again... Quite a few maintainers don't seem to > realize that mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are not sent to the bug > submitter, and the bug tracking thus halts

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 12:29 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > This happens again and again... Quite a few maintainers don't seem to > realize that mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are not sent to the bug > submitter, and the bug tracking thus halts down completely when the > maintainer asks for

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

Samuel Henrique writes: > I didn't know that, fortunately i didn't ended in a situation where i > needed feedback from the bug submitter. > > But the question is, shouldn't the bot forward to the submitter? It does, if you ask it to do so by mailing

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

I didn't know that, fortunately i didn't ended in a situation where i needed feedback from the bug submitter. But the question is, shouldn't the bot forward to the submitter? Samuel Henrique 2016-12-26 14:29 GMT-02:00 Samuel Thibault : > This happens again and again...

Re: HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

Samuel Thibault wrote on Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 17:29:53 +0100: > This happens again and again... Quite a few maintainers don't seem to > realize that mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are not sent to the bug > submitter, and the bug tracking thus halts down completely when the > maintainer asks

HEADSUP: mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are NOT sent to the submitter

This happens again and again... Quite a few maintainers don't seem to realize that mails sent to n...@bugs.debian.org are not sent to the bug submitter, and the bug tracking thus halts down completely when the maintainer asks for information only to the bot, and not to the human. I don't know