From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
To: "Dirk Bergstrom" <dirk@juniper.net>
Cc: "Milan Zamazal" <pdm@zamazal.org>, help-gnats@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Subject line processing in Gnats 4.0 ,
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:54:00 -0000
Message-ID: <200112121845.fBCIjtv08404@marajade.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
References: <C53744A44FBC9B4BAE90EB41D2C09AC205223F@proton.jnpr.net>
X-SW-Source: 2001-q4/msg00209.html
Message-ID: <20011212115400.GaIvK5gJ6tZta5MYUGEK8daAdqBroR1CmZdLvqHOnQ0@z>

>>>>> "Dirk" == Dirk Bergstrom <dirk@juniper.net> writes:
    Dirk> takes time and energy to close/expunge.

    Dirk> these subjects do the Right Thing:

    Dirk> *) re: compiler/9876: compiled code runs backwards
    Dirk> *) serial-port/1234: cannot process frosted flakes

    Dirk> but these subjects all do the Wrong Thing (create new PR, instead of
    Dirk> appending):

    Dirk> *) Re: FW: sw-kern-sanders/16543: kernel panic on gunshot
    Dirk> *) PR 12345
    Dirk> *) Fw: sw-rip-vnwnkl/10795: The routing subsystem is asleep
    Dirk> *) RE: 2001-0821-021: hw-pr0n/16413 FPC shows pictures of naked ladies
    Dirk> on reboot

    Dirk> (basically, anything in front of the category that's not "re:" bombs.)

  Thanks for this excellent diagnostic. I hadn't figured out why it sometimes
appended and it sometimes did not.

    Dirk> does anyone see a reason to keep the restrictive regex?

  I concur with all of what you write.

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