GNU bug report logs - #66330
28.2; Gnus wide reply (S W) changes Subject header when used from Debbugs thread

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Message #17 received at 66330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
Cc: mirai <at> makinata.eu, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, 66330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#66330: 28.2; Gnus wide reply (S W) changes Subject header
 when used from Debbugs thread
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:45:15 +0300

> From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  mirai <at> makinata.eu,
>   66330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:31:55 +0300
> 
> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:
> 
> >> The Subject lines in a bug/issue discussion should describe the
> >> bug/issue, not the patches sent to fix the issue.
> >
> > D'accord. But I guess the subject line quoted here is created by a tool
> > of the guix-patches toolchain. So first we shall agree about the rules
> > of that toolchain (I'm from Emacs, I won't dictate anything!).
> 
> The `[PATCH patch-number/patch-count] Subject` subject format is also the
> generate format for Git patch-series. The Guix subject format is a
> variant of this.
> 
> The subject changing could be an issue outside of Gnus. E.g when
> responding to a patch in git patch series outside of Guix.
> 
> However I think it is a general issue that mail clients append Re: or
> some localized variation of it.

Re: and its localized variants are not a problem: all Emacs MUAs
support that and know how to ignore them for threading purposes.

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