GNU bug report logs - #13141
24.3.50; Be able to customize the info included by default for `report-emacs-bug'

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Message #61 received at 13141 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 13141 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13141: please review bug #13141
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 04:35:24 +0400

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> This is about the info that gets automatically added to bug reports.
>
> Stefan granted that most of that info is anyway useless, to him at least.
> Jambunathan suggested a Boolean option to skip such info altogether.
>  
> I provided a patch that lets users customize which info to include.
>
> Glenn simply tagged the bug `wontfix', saying "There is no need for such
> complexity."
>
>
> The patch is straightforward.  Please reconsider it.
> Why not let users set the behavior they want for this?

Personally, I disagree that the user should choose what information to
include. The report goes to Emacs maintainers, so they should pick the
always-useful parts (say, the version, bzr revision and build options) and
leave out the noise. While possibly still providing interactive commands
allowing to insert the additional information in a follow-up email.

I also think this is one of the parts of Emacs where backwards
compatibility is the least important, so it's odd that the bug reporting
interface hasn't changed much in years.

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