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[PATCH] Don't include section "Recent messages" in bug reports

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Message #46 received at 39185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 39185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>,
 drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#39185: [PATCH] Don't include section "Recent messages" in
 bug reports
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 18:11:47 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> 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.

The proposal is to not include any output from the *Messages* buffer.  I
have never found that data interesting when doing bug triage, and it's a
potentially severe privacy violation.

Is it your stance that you don't want to change this behaviour?  If so,
I'll close this bug report.

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