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diff --git a/itches/emacs/development.org b/itches/emacs/development.org index ce9b589..fccc82e 100644 --- a/itches/emacs/development.org +++ b/itches/emacs/development.org @@ -76,6 +76,33 @@ timezone bit actually conveys meaning to a human reader. It would be wonderful if ~debbugs-gnu~ and ~debbugs-gnu-search~ used their own thread/process to wait & process the server's response, instead of forcing me to twiddle my thumbs for minutes. +** Attachment management +Thanks to Bob Proulx, I learned that one can + +1. send attachments to nnn-quiet@debbugs.gnu.org, +2. (for large attachments, wait for moderation,) +3. go to https://debbugs.gnu.org/nnn and grab the URLs for the + attachments, +4. send a followup mentioning these URLs to nnn@debbugs.gnu.org. + +When compared to simply attaching files to one's messages, this +ensures (1) only large attachments get moderated: reports and patches +keep flowing freely (2) mail clients do not stall while browsing +threads, since messages sent to -quiet are not forwarded to the +mailing list. + +It'd be neat if Debbugs had a way to automate the -quiet attachment +trick, e.g. + +- send some attachments to nnn-attach@debbugs.gnu.org, +- Debbugs then sends a mail to nnn@debbugs.gnu.org saying: + #+begin_example + John Doe <jdoe@gnu.org> attached: + config.log (150 kB) <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=nnn;filename=config.log…> + repro.sh (400 B) <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=nnn;filename=repro.sh…> + #+end_example + +([[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-debbugs/2020-07/msg00004.html][help-debbugs thread]]) * Mailing lists ** Message IDs *** Summary buffer → Message-ID |