Re: debbugs-notmuch.el

Subject: Re: debbugs-notmuch.el

Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:44:27 +0200

To: Nicolas Graves

Cc: piem@inbox.kyleam.com, zimoun.toutoune@gmail.com, Andrew Tropin, notmuch@notmuchmail.org, help-debbugs@gnu.org

From: Michael Albinus

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

Hi Nicolas,

>> Attached you can find a file with a minor mode that does just that and
>> damn it's so much better to work with debbugs now.
>
> Nice.
>
>> I don't know however in which package I should rather upstream the
>> content of this. Could be :
>>
>> - In debbugs, by creating a proper debbugs-gnu-mail-backend that would
>> only be defined if notmuch is present, or by copying the way piem
>> uses variables to store functions instead of having an inflexible
>> debbugs-gnu-mail-backend and hardcoding the rest from there.
>
> I wouldn't mind to add it to the debbugs package. An advantage would
> be, that it will be documented in the User Guide.
>
> However, debbugs is located in the GNU ELPA archive, which means it must
> be copyrighted to the FSF. Would you agree to sign such legal paperwork?

After so long time, your assignment is now on the FSF roll. I have
absolutely no idea why it took such long, and I excuse for the delay.

Are you still interested in adding debbugs-notmuch.el to the debbugs
package? And if yes, could you pls check my remarks I've sent you last year?

> Jut some minor remarks from cursory reading.
>
>> ;;; debbugs-notmuch.el --- Use notmuch as backend for debbugs  -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
>
> "mail backend"
>
>> ;; Copyright © 2025 Nicolas Graves <ngraves@ngraves.fr>
>>
>> ;; Author: Nicolas Graves <ngraves@ngraves.fr>
>> ;; Keywords: mail, tools, bugs
>> ;; Version: 0.1.0
>> ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "28.2") (notmuch "0.32") (debbugs "0.29"))
>
> This might be a problem when adding to the debbugs package. It requires
> Emacs 26.1. How strong is the dependency from Emacs 28.1?
>
>> (defgroup debbugs-notmuch nil
>>   "Notmuch integration for debbugs."
>>   :group 'debbugs
>>   :group 'notmuch)
>
> What is it good for? AFAICS, you don't have user options or faces, which
> could go there. And even if you would have, they could live in the
> `debbugs' group.
>
> What I do miss is the intehration of debbugs-gnu-send-control-message
> and debbugs-gnu-make-control-message into notmuch. Do you plan this?

Best regards, Michael.
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