Quoting Clytie Siddall (clytie@riverland.net.au): > I can understand that. However, I was under the impression that some > mail/transfer processes, especially if the software isn't running in > UTF-8, can still munge an unzipped file. This certainly happened to some > of my translations in the past. (I don't remember which projects were > involved, sorry.) I can't certify this will never ever happen. Just like I can't certify that a maintainer will not mungle files by error at some moment (I even sometimes break Eddy Petrisor comma when I inadvertently open a file containing his name with my XEmacs). Trivially speaking, shit always happen. But that one happen quite rarely now... >> - use DEBFULLNAME and DEBEMAIL variables in your .profile file >> >> That will allow your bug reports to come from someone who looks like >> a real person and not only a mail address. These variables are >> indeed used by many Debian utilities and developer tools. > > > Would it be helpful for non-Debian users to include these in submission > mail templates? Not really. non-Debian users have to use "regular" mail for bug submission and we can expect they properly configure their e-mail software anyway so that bugs appear to come from their real name (for instance, your bug reports are perfect wrt that matter, Clytie). > If so, where should they go? I'm assuming the first variable is your > full name and the second your email address. I already include the first > in my template, and the second is the From address. But I'm happy to > adjust things to suit. ;) In that case, I was only speaking of ppl using "reportbug", so that fits Debian (and, I guess Ubuntu) users.
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