GNU bug report logs - #18900
24.4; please don't include view-lossage in bug reports by default

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David Bremner <david <at> tethera.net>

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 07:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.4

Fixed in version 24.5

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 18900 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: david <at> tethera.net, 18900 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18900: 24.4;
 please don't include view-lossage in bug reports by default
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:07:53 -0400

Richard Stallman wrote:

> is meant to be useful for irreproducible bugs, if the user runs
> report-emacs-bug right away.

I'm saying I can't remember a single case where that happened, in
several 1000 bug reports. I think "accidentally included some private
data" is many, many more times likely to occur. So I don't see the need
for any clever lossage handling.
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