On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:10:54 +0200 Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org> wrote: > * David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>, 2014-09-24, 06:32: > >Or convince the BTS maintainers that #744339 is actually worth > >fixing (the subjects already get mangled to add the bug number one > >can already see in the To: field anyway, adding the package name on > >top or instead of it wouldn’t be such a bad move IMHO). > > So with #744339 fixed, you would get: > > Subject: release.debian.org: ping > Body: Any update on this issue? > EOF > > ...which is still not helpful. > Rather than a technical solution (which would help for a lot of other packages), I'm keen on the method already mentioned here: Please use the *reply* link from the BTS for pings/updates etc. That gives a subject like: Re: Bug#745541: wheezy-pu: package virt-manager/0.600.1-3+deb7u2 Combine that with standard mailing-list filtering that everyone (should) use and then the entire message becomes: Subject: Re: pu: package policykit-1/0.105-3+deb7u1 Body: Any update on this issue? EOF That's even allowing for people to snip the entire quoted message - it is certainly reasonable to snip a lot of the quoted message as it will be the entire content but that's no different to replying to the original email sent to the bug in the first place. Of course, once someone breaks the thread and does post a "ping" subject, the reply to that post doesn't help - it's just "Re: ping?" Maybe the right fix #744339 is to use the bug title instead of the package name? Additionally, the "reply" function could always insert the bug title (it can always be edited after) instead of the subject of the previous message. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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