From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10675 invoked by alias); 19 May 2008 18:52:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 10660 invoked by uid 22791); 19 May 2008 18:52:28 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtaout2.012.net.il (HELO mtaout2.012.net.il) (84.95.2.4) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 May 2008 18:52:00 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([80.230.41.128]) by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0K1400MXUQEXMP02@i_mtaout2.012.net.il> for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Mon, 19 May 2008 22:06:34 +0300 (IDT) Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 00:05:00 -0000 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: --with-pkgversion and --with-bugurl support for GDB In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il To: "Joseph S. Myers" Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: References: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-05/txt/msg00577.txt.bz2 > Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 17:06:55 +0000 (UTC) > From: "Joseph S. Myers" > > * gdb.texinfo: Use VERSION_PACKAGE and BUGURL. Remove > mailing-list-specific text about bug reporting. Thanks. This part of the patch is approved, except... > +@ifset BUGURL > In any event, we also recommend that you submit bug reports for > -@value{GDBN}. The preferred method is to submit them directly using > -@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/, @value{GDBN}'s Bugs web > -page}. Alternatively, the @email{bug-gdb@@gnu.org, e-mail gateway} can > -be used. > - > -@strong{Do not send bug reports to @samp{info-gdb}, or to > -@samp{help-gdb}, or to any newsgroups.} Most users of @value{GDBN} do > -not want to receive bug reports. Those that do have arranged to receive > -@samp{bug-gdb}. > - > -The mailing list @samp{bug-gdb} has a newsgroup @samp{gnu.gdb.bug} which > -serves as a repeater. The mailing list and the newsgroup carry exactly > -the same messages. Often people think of posting bug reports to the > -newsgroup instead of mailing them. This appears to work, but it has one > -problem which can be crucial: a newsgroup posting often lacks a mail > -path back to the sender. Thus, if we need to ask for more information, > -we may be unable to reach you. For this reason, it is better to send > -bug reports to the mailing list. > +@value{GDBN} to @value{BUGURL}. > +@end ifset Why do you want to remove all this stuff? If you don't want it under BUGURL/VERSION_PACKAGE (whose utility, I must admit, I don't fully understand), then please leave it alone when BUGURL is NOT set. If you _really_ think it's a good idea to remove this text unconditionally, please at least tell why you think so.