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Re: Diff emails to debbugs?
From: |
Stephen J. Turnbull |
Subject: |
Re: Diff emails to debbugs? |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 01:29:30 +0900 |
Stefan Monnier writes:
> >> So perhaps it would be nice if it Cc'd the debbugs address, so the bug
> >> submitter could easily see what the resulting diff is?
> > Or even if it could close the bug.
>
> Closing the bug wouldn't be a good idea: I regularly install patches
> which fix part of a bug but not all of it.
Somewhat off-topic because it couldn't be done automatically: what I
do with partial fixes is to close the original bug, and mark it
superseded by a new bug the describes the reduced scope concisely.
Dunno if anybody else thinks it helps, but it does help me personally.