Re: Way kewl new bug reportin thingy for 31337 XEmacs h4x0r d00dz
Steve Youngs writes:
|--==> "WMP" == William M Perry <wmperry(a)gnu.org>
writes:
WMP> Steve Youngs <youngs(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>Here's what the new bug reports will look like. I'll put out a new
>>net-utils package asap.
WMP> Ummm... do you really think it is a good idea to include the user's
WMP> initialization file? There could be sensitive information in there.
I've included a clause in the Bug Help buffer that basically says "hey
have a look at the report before you send it and delete any sensitive
data". Is that good enough?
did you see my suggestion ???
basically dont include the lines with passwords on them
Or is the general consensus "get rid of the init file, we
don't want
or need it in our bug reports"?
I actually thought it was a good idea, but it wouldn't be the first
time that one of my "good" ideas turned out to be not so good. :-)
it is a good idea steve
would be very helpful to know what stuff has been customised
i for one have my email passwords in a separete file anyway
and i assume most of the serious beta-testers have as well
its cool to be able to split up the config into logical units
but new users might not have grocked this yet
so not including the lines with passwords, or replacing the password
with appropriate charaters would help in this instance
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