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: Issue description templates

2021-10-16 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 16/10/2021 à 17:57, Dan Eble a écrit : This "Description template" feature might help improve the quality of issues added directly to the tracker by users. It seems we could even use it to direct them to the mailing list first if there is any doubt as to whether an issue should be added.

Issue description templates

2021-10-16 Thread Dan Eble
This "Description template" feature might help improve the quality of issues added directly to the tracker by users. It seems we could even use it to direct them to the mailing list first if there is any doubt as to whether an issue should be added.

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 Discussions on LilyPond development
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 Discussions on LilyPond development
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-lilyp...@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 Discussions on LilyPond development
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

PATCHES - Countdown for October 16th

2021-10-16 Thread James
Hello, Here is the current patch countdown list. The next countdown will be on October 18th. A list of all merge requests can be found here: https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests?sort=label_priority Push: !960 Fix \keepWithTag on \autoChange and \partCombine - Dan Eble

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