[bug#66620] [PATCH] doc: Document extra Emacs-Debbugs configurations.

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi Michael,

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>
> Hi Maxim,
>
>>> FTR, if wanted by the Guix project, we could also extend
>>> debbugs-gnu-guix.el. For example, loading this library could set
>>> debbugs-gnu-default-packages and debbugs-gnu-default-severities as
>>> proposed here.
>>
>> Would that conflict with a user-set debbugs-gnu-default-packages or
>> debbugs-gnu-default-severities variables?  I'm thinking of a mainly
>> Emacs developer sometimes also dabbling with Guix, which may want to
>> have their debbugs-gnu-default-packages set to "emacs" and the likes
>> even if also using debbugs-guix.el.
>>
>> If it'd be used as a fall-back to user-specified versions, then that'd
>> be nice, I think!
>
> No, there's only one debbugs-gnu-default-packages or
> debbugs-gnu-default-severities. If you change it globally, it's used
> everywhere.
>
> If you have situations where you need both Emacs and Guix defaults, you
> could add Guix specific commands to debbugs-guix.el. Something like
> debbugs-gnu-patches, debbugs-gnu-package, debbugs-gnu,
> debbugs-gnu-usertags.
>
> Or you define a hydra (see GNU ELPA package), which sets
> debbugs-gnu-default-packages and debbugs-gnu-default-severities to the
> preferred values. Then you can call the debbugs-gnu-* commands with that
> hydra via the defined shortcuts.

Thank you for explaining.  Then I think perhaps it's best to leave these
globals documented in the manual to avoid surprising users.

Thanks for the continued suggestions!

-- 
Maxim