Bug#1106816: allow commands to be broken over multiple lines with a \

[Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>]

On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 12:06:00AM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
> Package: debbugs
> Version: 2.6.2
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hi,
> 
> could you make the bts support a \ as a continuation character so
> commands can be split over lines?
> 
> some software wrap long lines at spaces, which makes it impossible to
> use commands like "subject" or "forwarded" with long arguments
> 
> eg from gmail it is not possible to mark a bug in a native package as
> 'forwarded' to a salsa MR, as gmail will break the line before the url
> (debian's default exim config also rejects emails with very long
> lines, this is recommended in some RFC)

exim limit is 998 characters which should be more than sufficient.

Could you send an email from gmail to this bug log with an example of use
of \ so that we see if this could actually work ?

Thanks!

At some point GMail and GMail users should be made to pay for the work they
inflict on others.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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