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bug#37167: debbugs: Unclear message when updating bug list
From: |
Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
bug#37167: debbugs: Unclear message when updating bug list |
Date: |
Sat, 24 Aug 2019 09:07:13 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
Hi Stefan,
> When I type:
>
> M-x debbugs-gnu RET ,minor,wishlist RET
Being curious: why ",minor,wishlist"? Just "minor,wishlist" would do.
> It takes a long time to load on my machine. The message while waiting
> is "Contacting host: debbugs.gnu.org:443", which makes it look like
> it's unable to reach the host for a long time. In reality, somewhere
> during the process it reaches the host and starts downloading the bug
> list.
Agreed.
> 1. It would be good if this could instead say something about what it
> actually is doing, along the lines of "Getting bug data from host:
> debbugs.gnu.org:443".
Well, this downloading shall be wrapped by the progress-reporter.
> 2. When it's done, the message is still "Contacting host:
> debbugs.gnu.org:443". It would be good if there is instead a message
> saying something like "Update complete from host:
> debbugs.gnu.org:443".
This has annoyed me as well since ever. But I was too lazy to fix. I
take this bug report as trigger to do something.
> The exact message doesn't matter much to me, just that it's different
> from what is there now.
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan Kangas
Best regards, Michael.