GNU bug report logs - #8119
buggy 2011-02-14 trunk build on MS Windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:25:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #36 received at 8119 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 8119 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8119: 24.0.50; `mark-active' needs its doc string
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:40:07 +0200
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: <rgm <at> gnu.org>, <8119 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:27:20 -0800
> 
> > FWIW, I see no harm at all in retitling, and I do see a certain
> > value in having the title express the essence of the bug report.
> 
> And do you see such a policy as the general practice elsewhere?

On my daytime job, I frequently retitle bug reports, because many of
my co-workers don't know how to express themselves in English too
well.  I have yet to see anyone complain about that; all of the
correspondence about bugs quotes their numbers anyway.




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