Re: org-debbugs.el

[Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>]

Hi Michael,

On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 09:46:08AM +0200, Michael Albinus wrote:
> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I have produced a very first shot of org-debbugs.el. It shows you bug
> > reports from debbugs.gnu.org as TODO items. It needs the debbugs package
> > from the GNU ELPA repository.
> 
> Well, there hasn't been too much response for this. I have completed the
> work anyway. Maybe it is worth to say, that the package does not show
> org-mode bugs only. It could show any bug located on debbugs.gnu.org as
> TODO item.

I was wondering about the response myself.  The traffic has been high
lately, maybe people just overlooked.

> Compared with the first version, this package uses now tags similar to
> the proposal by Suvayu. It also shows archived bugs, if desired.
> 
> There is a new minor mode org-debbugs-mode, which allows to send control
> messages directly to debbugs.gnu.org. This simplifies handling of bugs.
> 
> There are also two new commands: `org-debbugs-search' allows full text
> search on debbugs.gnu.org. `org-debbugs-bugs' shows bugs according to
> their number. Read the Commentary section for details.

I tried to test by looking for a specific bug.  This is what I tried:

- search phrase: emacsclient
- submitter: fatkasuvayu (that is leading part of my email address)
- status: done or nothing

But then I get an empty "*Org Bugs*" buffer.

I was expecting this: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=15222

Calling org-debbugs-bugs with 15222 works great.

A small problem though, calling org-debbugs-search or org-debbugs-bugs
from an "*Org Bugs*" buffer gives me the following backtraces:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument keymapp "Keymap for the `org-debbugs-mode' minor mode.")
  where-is-internal(org-debbugs-search nil t)
  execute-extended-command(nil "org-debbugs-search")
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)
  command-execute(execute-extended-command)

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument keymapp "Keymap for the `org-debbugs-mode' minor mode.")
  where-is-internal(org-debbugs-bugs nil t)
  execute-extended-command(nil "org-debbugs-bugs")
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)
  command-execute(execute-extended-command)

> If the org-mode maintainers find this package useful, it could be added
> to the contrib directory. A respective patch is appended. I'm pretty
> sure that org-mode aficionados could improve the handling of TODO items;
> I'm rather a rookie wrt org-mode. If there are questions wrt to the
> gnus.debbugs.org interface I'll be happy to help.

I think this is a great addition to contrib.

:)

-- 
Suvayu

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