GNU bug report logs - #39185
[PATCH] Don't include section "Recent messages" in bug reports

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 23:59:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 39185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 39185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#39185: [PATCH] Don't include section "Recent messages" in
 bug reports
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 17:49:35 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Cc: 39185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  drew.adams <at> oracle.com
> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:27:45 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > The right way of dealing with these issues is to hide the parts which
> > could breach the privacy by converting the characters there into
> > something like "xxx" or "***", and leave the rest of the information
> > intact.
> 
> How would you propose to do that in the general case?

I'm not sure I understand what is the general case here.  Each part of
the report that could potentially disclose private information shall
be identified and dealt with.
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