Re: Commit mails to debian-dpkg-cvs mailing list dropped somewhere
On Fri, 20 Sep 2013, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Hi!
>
> [ CCing the Alioth admins just in case this is something else. ]
>
> It seems that since around 2013-07-28, there's been no more mails on
> dpkg git pushes coming through to the debian-dpkg-cvs list. Given
> that the list is not archived on l.d.o, I've verified this is not a
> local problem, by checking the archives on:
>
> <http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-dpkg-cvs@lists.debian.org/>
>
> This matches the time the git-commit-notice post-receive hook was
> switched on Alioth, so my suspicion is that the mails to the list
> are probably being filtered, possibly by Subject.
>
> The old mails had this general form:
>
> Subject: [SCM] dpkg's main repository …
>
> The new ones have:
>
> Subject: [dpkg] …
>
> I guess that might also be the reason why the other dpkg repo
> (pkg-tests) has never gotten through to the commits list. If that's
> the case it would be nice to get that enabled (or perhaps switch to
> a field in the mail header, to avoid bothering you for dpkg repo
> and commit message changes).
We had:
:0fhw
* ^Subject: *\[SCM\] dpkg's main repository
* ^X-Git-Refname
I replaced it with:
:0fhw
* ^Subject: *\[dpkg\]
* ^X-Git-Refname
> If the mails have not been discarded, it would also be nice to get
> them reinjected into the list, otherwise someone receiving them
> through the PTS could bounce them, or I'll try to recreate them
> using the hook script.
We only have them in large mboxes with other mails, it would be nice if
someone else could do this.
> (I'm holding off a dpkg push to not lose any more mails. I can also
> use that to test any fixes.)
Please do so, thx.
Alex - Debian Listmaster
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