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Unclear patch submission address

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Message #11 received at 78431 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 78431 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta <at> iki.fi>
Subject: Re: bug#78431: Unclear patch submission address
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 13:40:54 -0700

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On 2025-05-14 12:53, Collin Funk wrote:
> I think that adding an email regardless would be good

Yes, now's a good time to revisit the decision in 2013 to remove the 
bug-reporting email address[1]. Plus, the current code is confusing.

How about the attached coreutils patch? It simplifies the code and goes 
back to the old way of doing things, which includes outputting the bug 
reporting address.

If this doesn't generate the output we want, surely we should change 
Gnulib's emit_bug_reporting_address rather than try to reinvent it.

[1]: 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8b6d3c5700526f962b12cd5901b55961c5e18186

[0001-maint-help-now-outputs-bug-reporting-address.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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