The control server ignores anything after the last line above. So you
can place control commands at the beginning of a reply to a bug
-report, and Cc: the control server (note the commands have no effect
-if you just send them to the bug-report number).
+report, and Bcc: the control server (note the commands have no effect
+if you just send them to the bug-report number). Bcc: is better than Cc:
+in case people use Reply-to-All in response.
Some useful control commands:
reopen 123
*** Bugs can be tagged in various ways (eg wontfix, patch, etc).
-For a list of available tags, see:
-http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/Developer#tags
-The tag can be prefixed with +, - or =, meaning to add (the default),
-remove, or reset the tags. E.g.:
+The available tags are:
+patch wontfix moreinfo unreproducible fixed notabug
+Note that the list at http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/Developer#tags
+is incorrect, at least for Emacs.
+The list of tags can be prefixed with +, - or =, meaning to add (the
+default), remove, or reset the tags. E.g.:
-tags 123 +wontfix
+tags 123 + wontfix
*** To merge bugs:
Eg when bad replies create a bunch of new bugs for the same report.
*** To mark a bug as fixed in a particular version:
fixed 123 23.0.60
+*** To remove a "fixed" mark:
+notfixed 123 23.0.60
+
** To remove spam from the tracker, move it to the `spam' pseudo-package:
reassign 123 spam