From: David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>
To: Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com>, 695159@bugs.debian.org, Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#695159: debian-el: Shouldn't put downloaded bugs loose in ~/
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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:41:38 -0300
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Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com> writes:

> Package: debian-el
> Version: 35.2+nmu1
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-el/debian-bug.el
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> After being mildly annoyed with this for ages, it finally occurred to me
> to file a bug about it:
>
> It's rather rude of `getdebian-bug-get-bug-as-email' to default to
> sticking downloaded mbox files loose in ~/, isn't it?
>
> (And might it not make sense to try and use the same files as the bts(1)
> command from the devscripts package?)
>

Hi Samuel

There is already a variable "debian-bug-download-directory" which can be
customized. Is there an obviously better default? I guess we could put
things in /tmp by default, with a minor privacy leak on multiuser
systems.

d

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