From a7bde77d247ed0765f5378779d67b4668c5d7648 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 16:05:11 +0100 Subject: doc: Add "Tracking Bugs and Patches" section. * doc/contributing.texi (Tracking Bugs and Patches): New section. (Submitting Patches): Refer to it. * doc/guix.texi: Update copyright line. * HACKING (Using emacs-debbugs): Remove. --- doc/contributing.texi | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- doc/guix.texi | 2 +- 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index e656676c0f..fd27f037e9 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ choice. * Packaging Guidelines:: Growing the distribution. * Coding Style:: Hygiene of the contributor. * Submitting Patches:: Share your work. +* Tracking Bugs and Patches:: Using Debbugs. @end menu @node Building from Git @@ -827,12 +828,12 @@ Thus, access to the repository is not strictly necessary. We welcome contributions in the form of patches as produced by @code{git format-patch} sent to the @email{guix-patches@@gnu.org} mailing list. -This mailing list is backed by a Debbugs instance accessible at -@uref{https://bugs.gnu.org/guix-patches}, which allows us to keep track -of submissions. Each message sent to that mailing list gets a new -tracking number assigned; people can then follow up on the submission by -sending email to @code{@var{NNN}@@debbugs.gnu.org}, where @var{NNN} is -the tracking number (@pxref{Sending a Patch Series}). +This mailing list is backed by a Debbugs instance, which allows us to +keep track of submissions (@pxref{Tracking Bugs and Patches}). Each +message sent to that mailing list gets a new tracking number assigned; +people can then follow up on the submission by sending email to +@code{@var{NNN}@@debbugs.gnu.org}, where @var{NNN} is the tracking +number (@pxref{Sending a Patch Series}). Please write commit logs in the ChangeLog format (@pxref{Change Logs,,, standards, GNU Coding Standards}); you can check the commit history for @@ -1040,3 +1041,52 @@ they are kept together. See for more information. You can install @command{git send-email} with @command{guix install git:send-email}. @c Debbugs bug: https://debbugs.gnu.org/db/15/15361.html + +@node Tracking Bugs and Patches +@section Tracking Bugs and Patches + +@cindex bug reports, tracking +@cindex patch submissions, tracking +@cindex issue tracking +@cindex Debbugs, issue tracking system +Bug reports and patch submissions are currently tracked using the +Debbugs instance at @uref{https://bugs.gnu.org}. Bug reports are filed +against the @code{guix} ``package'' (in Debbugs parlance), by sending +email to @email{bug-guix@@gnu.org}, while patch submissions are filed +against the @code{guix-patches} package by sending email to +@email{guix-patches@@gnu.org} (@pxref{Submitting Patches}). + +A web interface (actually @emph{two} web interfaces!) are available to +browse issues: + +@itemize +@item +@url{https://bugs.gnu.org/guix} lists bug reports; +@item +@url{https://bugs.gnu.org/guix-patches} lists patch submissions. +@end itemize + +You can also access both of these @i{via} the (nicer) +@url{https://issues.guix.gnu.org} interface@footnote{The web interface +at @url{https://issues.guix.gnu.org} is powered by Mumi, a nice piece of +software written in Guile, and you can help! See +@url{https://git.elephly.net/gitweb.cgi?p=software/mumi.git}.}. To view +discussions related to issue number @var{n}, go to +@indicateurl{https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/@var{n}} or +@indicateurl{https://bugs.gnu.org/@var{n}}. + +If you use Emacs, you may find it more convenient to interact with +issues using @file{debbugs.el}, which you can install with: + +@example +guix install emacs-debbugs +@end example + +For example, to list all open issues on @code{guix-patches}, hit: + +@example +@kbd{C-u} @kbd{M-x} debbugs-gnu @kbd{RET} @kbd{RET} guix-patches @kbd{RET} n y +@end example + +@xref{Top,,, debbugs-ug, Debbugs User Guide}, for more information on +this nifty tool! diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 2b30fc5705..60491af4d4 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ @set SUBSTITUTE-URL https://@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER} @copying -Copyright @copyright{} 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Ludovic Courtès@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Ludovic Courtès@* Copyright @copyright{} 2013, 2014, 2016 Andreas Enge@* Copyright @copyright{} 2013 Nikita Karetnikov@* Copyright @copyright{} 2014, 2015, 2016 Alex Kost@* -- cgit v1.2.3