Re: bugs and bug tracking

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: bugs and bug tracking
Date: 2015-10-07 18:59:08
Message-ID: 7767.1444244348@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> I *really* don't like the idea of rewriting the From/To completely to
> force all mail through a relay and I'm pretty sure that "fix" would be
> far worse than the problem.

Agreed; but adding a Reply-To: header seems quite reasonable. (Unless
gmail ignores that, which I wouldn't put past it ...)

> One thing which can be easily done with debbugs is that someone can
> forward or bounce the direct email they receive from the user to the
> bug#(at)bugs address and have the info added, if the user removed the bug
> email address.

Right. But that requires the recipient to pay close attention to the
message's cc list, which I have to confess I seldom do. Still, it's
better than nothing.

regards, tom lane

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