Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread David Kastrup
Jean Abou Samra writes: > (Sorry, not replying to all was an oversight.) > > On 16/10/2021 17:31, Dan Eble wrote: >> On Oct 16, 2021, at 10:58, Jonas Hahnfeld via Discussions on >> LilyPond development wrote: >> > >> > in my opinion we want to >> > send users to the mailing list by default. >>

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread Jean Abou Samra
(Sorry, not replying to all was an oversight.) On 16/10/2021 17:31, Dan Eble wrote: On Oct 16, 2021, at 10:58, Jonas Hahnfeld via Discussions on LilyPond development wrote: > > in my opinion we want to > send users to the mailing list by default. I don't devote much time to handling bugs

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 10/16/21, 4:55 AM, "lilypond-devel on behalf of Jean Abou Samra" wrote: A factor to consider is that, as far as I can read http://lilypond.org/bug-reports.html (but I can't remember how it worked for myself), posting to bug-lilypond requires being subscribed to the

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread Dan Eble
On Oct 16, 2021, at 10:58, Jonas Hahnfeld via Discussions on LilyPond development wrote: > > in my opinion we want to > send users to the mailing list by default. I don't devote much time to handling bugs (until I'm tagged), but the reports that have come directly through the GitLab UI have

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread Jonas Hahnfeld via bug-lilypond
Am Samstag, dem 16.10.2021 um 16:33 +0200 schrieb Jean Abou Samra: > > > > Honest question: Do you really expect this to change if issues are > > > > opened on GitLab instead of sent to a mailing list? If it's a good > > > > report but nobody starts to work on it immediately, there won't be a > >

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 16/10/2021 à 16:03, Jonas Hahnfeld a écrit : Am Samstag, dem 16.10.2021 um 15:49 +0200 schrieb Jean Abou Samra: Honestly, it doesn't make sense to extrapolate from you to others. I certainly do if I'm interested in the history of particular decisions, and I think I've shared collections of

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread Jonas Hahnfeld via bug-lilypond
Am Samstag, dem 16.10.2021 um 15:49 +0200 schrieb Jean Abou Samra: > > Le 16/10/2021 à 14:18, Jonas Hahnfeld a écrit : > > Am Samstag, dem 16.10.2021 um 12:55 +0200 schrieb Jean Abou Samra: > > > We're all volunteers and nobody is entitled > > > to respond to bug reports. So if one slips > > >

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 16/10/2021 à 14:28, David Kastrup a écrit bug-lilypond@gnu.org is not a subscribers-only list and it is expected that responses include a Cc: to the sender. Ah, ok. I had inferred the contrary from http://lilypond.org/bug-reports.html b) read up on the categories and flags we use for

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread David Kastrup
Jean Abou Samra writes: > Le 16/10/2021 à 13:09, David Kastrup a écrit : >> Jean Abou Samra writes: >>> Hi James, Werner, all, I would say that 'most' emails to the bug list do NOT need an issue, they are either replies to emails or pointers to existing Issues that explain bug or

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread Jonas Hahnfeld via bug-lilypond
Am Samstag, dem 16.10.2021 um 12:55 +0200 schrieb Jean Abou Samra: > We're all volunteers and nobody is entitled > to respond to bug reports. So if one slips > through the cracks occasionally, I believe > it's better to have it in the database and > keep it for future developers walking around >

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 16/10/2021 à 13:09, David Kastrup a écrit : Jean Abou Samra writes: Hi James, Werner, all, I would say that 'most' emails to the bug list do NOT need an issue, they are either replies to emails or pointers to existing Issues that explain bug or technical discussions about why something is

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread David Kastrup
Jean Abou Samra writes: > Hi James, Werner, all, >> >> I would say that 'most' emails to the bug list do NOT need an issue, >> they are either replies to emails or pointers to existing Issues that >> explain bug or technical discussions about why something is not a bug >> but a limitation of

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-16 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Hi James, Werner, all, Le 14/10/2021 à 08:43, James a écrit : Hello, My own thoughts on this. On 14/10/2021 01:31, Jean Abou Samra wrote: Hi, After having opened a few GitLab issues in response to bug reports on bug-lilypond, I find James extraordinarily patient for having done this over

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-14 Thread James
Hello, On 14/10/2021 08:30, Werner LEMBERG wrote: Since James is doing most of the work, I think we should do what he prefers. This doesn't prevent other developers to chime in and help with handling bug reports. And frequent *and experienced* bug reporters should be told to directly use the

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-14 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> After having opened a few GitLab issues in response to bug reports >> on bug-lilypond, I find James extraordinarily patient for having >> done this over the years. However, I don't get the value in this >> system compared to letting people creating issues on GitLab >> directly. When we

Re: What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-14 Thread James
Hello, My own thoughts on this. On 14/10/2021 01:31, Jean Abou Samra wrote: Hi, After having opened a few GitLab issues in response to bug reports on bug-lilypond, I find James extraordinarily patient for having done this over the years. However, I don't get the value in this system compared

What is the point of bug-lilypond?

2021-10-13 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Hi, After having opened a few GitLab issues in response to bug reports on bug-lilypond, I find James extraordinarily patient for having done this over the years. However, I don't get the value in this system compared to letting people creating issues on GitLab directly. When we transfer an issue