Email text for merge proposals gets re-wrapped.
Bug #724864 reported by
Henning Eggers
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launchpad itself |
Triaged
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
This is an annoying bug because it makes merge proposals hard to read.
When I create a merge proposal using "bzr propose-merge" I use my local editor to create the mp description. Naturally, that is configured to wrap at 78 (and am I ;-) and as far as I can tell, I am not the only one. But when the description reaches the mp in the UI, the lines have been re-wrapped (but not re-flowed!) to a shorter line width (72?). The result looks like this:
https:/
Sure, I can remember to wrap at 72 lines but why that short line length in the first place?
| Changed in launchpad: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
Revision history for this message
| Gavin Panella (allenap) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote Re: [Bug 724864] Re: Email text for merge proposals gets re-wrapped. | #2 |
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72 is a typical email limit: 72 columns + space for three levels of
"> " quoting.
One possible set of rules to follow could be:
- Don't wrap/reflow text before storing in the database.
- For displaying or emailing, only wrap/reflow lines of greater than
78 columns.
- When required, wrap/reflow to 72 columns.