Octave 3.0.1 bug_report fails

[John W. Eaton]

On 27-Jul-2008, Thomas Weber wrote:

| mkoctfile and octave-config seem to have quite some overlap. How about
| merging them into one file, say mkoctfile?

That would be fine with me.  Would someone like to take a look at
doing that and submit a patch?

| > - octave-bug.cc takes a radically different approach than
| > the script version; this one is really Windows specific,
| > although it could also include a one-to-one translation
| > of the script (stream editor + mail)
| 
| Is octave-bug really used much these days? I'm under the impression that most
| people simply send a mail to the list using their favorite MUA. 

Many of the messages sent to the bug list use the template from the
bug-report script, so I assume people are still using it.  I suppose
we could eliminate it if we move to a web-based bug tracker which
prompts for useful  information.  Then as a backup, we could perhaps
generate a bug-report template and simply ask that people fill out the
template and mail it to us using their favorite mail program.

jwe