On Sat, Jan 24, 2026 at 12:37:21PM +0100, Rene Kita wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2026 at 08:56:07AM +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote: > > On 24-01-2026 08:26:06 +0100, Rene Kita wrote: > > > As discussed in [0] feature requests should be discussed on the mailing > > > list before being added to the issue tracker. Add some notes to make > > > this more clear to the user. > > > > What are you going to do when people did not post to the ML first, close > > their requests? Perhaps document that too, so it is clear to anyone > > being used to using facilities like gitlab and the workflow as > > encouraged therein. > > I'd say yes. Will add a note.
Given a second thought, I think this should go into the template. The docs state what to do, the template gives a warning what will happen if you don't follow the docs. > > > While at it, copy a NOTE from the web site about the need to be > > > subscribed in order to post to a ML. > > > > > > [0]: https://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=176822608723403&w=2 > > > --- > > > > > > Can/Should we also add a note to the issue tracker itself? I can imagine > > > most users go straight to the issue tracker after learning that mutt is > > > hosted on gitlab. > > > > At least github has a way to make users go through elaborate > > instructions before filing an issue (e.g. see openwrt, where new issue > > even gets you a menu approach with a form to fill in required info), > > which could include a checkbox for "I have discussed this feature on the > > ML". I would hope gitlab would have similar functionalities. > > Apparently there's something like a template > > https://docs.gitlab.com/user/project/description_templates/ > > which looks as if that can be used to give instructions while filing an > > issue to achieve the above. If that works, like I hope it does, could > > avoid a lot of disappointments for people filing requests while putting > > a lot of effort into it. > > Do we have someone here who is familiar with GitLab and willing to > create such a template?
