Re: `report-emacs-bug' prompting rework

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:19:44 +0100 Lars Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> wrote: 

LI> As previously discussed (like, a year ago), the prompting sequence when
LI> sending bug reports, especially from "emacs -Q", was kinda
LI> unsatisfactory.  (The main point was that it required that you had a
LI> valid-ish From header, even though you might end up sending the message
LI> through mailclient.el, which will then just rewrite your From header,
LI> anyway.)

LI> Fixing this required a bit of refactoring of the sendmail.el/Message
LI> setup functions, but hopefully I didn't screw up anything too badly.

LI> And the prompting sequence looks OK to me now, but please let me know if
LI> anything is wonky.

I still think Emacs bugs should be simply reported through a HTTP (REST
or whatever) call.  That would cover the most users and we can use
confirmation e-mails to avoid spamming.

Ted