Re: bug archiving policy

[Bastien]

Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com> writes:

> On 2020-12-06 03:52, Stefan Kangas wrote:
>> (Cc to Bastien.)
>>
>> Although the org-mode maintainers do read emacs-devel and bug-gnu-emacs
>> with some frequency, most subscribers are not org-mode experts.
>>
>> I would therefore recommend sending org-mode patches directly to the
>> org-mode mailing list: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org.  This makes sure it is
>> seen by the competent and helpful org-mode hackers.  In most cases, I
>> don't think there is any need to also open a bug against Emacs.
>
> Your comments were points of discussion in the org-mode thread that I
> referenced. See there, but in part, that list requires one to first
> subscribe and become a member in order to post to the list, which is a
> barrier to entry for bug reporters not committed to be developers or
> insiders, and the method is inconsistent with other parts of emacs-core
> and thus unexpected for users. The thread also addressed issues of
> maintainabilty, bug-tracking, and other useful and constructive
> comments. Do see there.

I agree we should remove this barrier, thanks for insisting on this.

-- 
 Bastien