Re: Cc perlbug on followups to bugids?

Philip Newton wrote:
> 
> When following up to a bug report with more information, do I send
> the message to (01) perlbug, (10) perl5-porters, or (11) all of the
> above?
> 
p5p (10)

> Does perlbug follow p5p and pick up messages with bugids in the
> subject line and add those messages to that bugid? 
>
Yes

> Does it send bug
> followups on to p5p or only the original report?
>
Just the original report, it just tracks the followups.

> Which reports does perlbug send to p5p? Anything but installation
> reports? Anything but installation success reports? How are those
> marked? (category=install and no 'Not OK' in the subject?)
>
Everything except spam and installation reports are forwarded to p5p

defined by category=install and/or /^OK/ as the subject line

> Does perlbug require "perl" in messages sent directly to it that
> contain a bugid in the subject header?
>
Mail should not be sent to perlbug directly unless you want to start a
_new_ bug, and then only with 'perl' in the body of the message.
 
> Does the bugid have to occur anywhere in particular in the header?
> 
Anywhere sensible: order of seek: 
	Subject line -> To line -> Cc line

Does that clarify things?
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