Re: Org-mode bugs in the Emacs bug tracker

[Jean Louis]

Then include that workflow in the Org bug report template, as people using Org 
who will report bugs do not necessary read this list neither previous bus nor 
references. You need summary it on a WWW page and include a hyperlink in the 
but report template.


Am December 11, 2020 11:53:23 PM UTC schrieb Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>:
>Hi Tim,
>
>Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> What is https://updates.orgmode.org? 
>
>See the announcement on this list:
>https://orgmode.org/list/87y2p6ltlg.fsf@bzg.fr/
>
>It is a way to track important updates: mainly confirmed bugs,
>upcoming changes, help requests, patches, latest releases.
>
>> when I try that url, I get a 502 bad gateway error.
>
>Fixed, thanks.
>
>> The bit I find frustrating is I don't know where bug submitted to 
>> emacs-orgmode@gnu.org get tracked 
>
>For years, M-x org-submit-bug-report sends reports to this list, and
>the list *is* the bug tracker.  I.e. we had no bug tracker.
>
>Some users use M-x report-emacs-bugs to submit Org bugs, these bugs
>get tracked on debbugs.
>
>> i.e. those which are only submitted
>> to the list and are not passed to the list from debbugs.gnu.org. I
>> see bug reports come through on the list and I sometimes see patches
>> posted to the list to address a bug, but where can I go to see the
>> status of all currently known bugs and see threads relating to work
>> in resolving the bugs etc. I don't mind if this means checking
>> multiple repositories (though it would be better if there was one
>> definitive repository). 
>
>Your safest bet is to check bugs on updates because bugs there have
>been *confirmed* by someone.  Clicking on a bug on updates.orgmode.org
>will bring you to the conversation on this list where the bug have
>been confirmed.
>
>Then, you can track bugs from debbugs, using one of these URLs:
>
>https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?package=org-mode
>https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?package=emacs
>
>Sometimes bugs reports on debbugs are also shared on this list.
>
>> Is there some place where all bugs reported to emacs-orgmode list are
>> tracked? For example, if tomorrow I find I have some spare time and
>> would like to contribute to org mode by seeing if I can fix a bug,
>> where can I go to find a list of bugs with current details about the
>> status (including whether someone else is already working to resolve
>> it). 
>
>You can go on https://updates.orgmode.org
>
>You will find bugs to work on and requests for help.
>
>Best,