Idea: An issue tracker for tex-live

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Jul 7, 2021, at 7:21 AM, Jonathan Fine <jfine2358 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Norbert wrote:
> What do we gain with github issues that we cannot do via the mailing list?
> 
> With the mailing list we can get orphan messages. Here's an example, from Herb Schulz.
> https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2021-July/047271.html
> 
> By an orphan message I mean a message related to an issue, which is not in the same email thread as the issue.
> 
> That said, I'm not sure that Herb's message is an orphan. I can't find the message he's quoting on the tex-live or the mac-tex lists.
> 
> Perhaps Herb is quoting in some off-list email correspondence. Either way, I believe that with github issues we get better linkage between issues and messages (or comments as they are called in an issue).
> -- 
> Jonathan
> 

Howdy,

That was my fault. I keep forgetting to Reply All and then submit a separate email to the tex-live list. The original was on that list.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com