nmbug: describe updated tagging conventions.

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 # Experimental Tag Sharing / Pseudo-Bug-Tracking for/with notmuch
 
+## Web View
+
+There is a dump of (one view of) the nmbug [[status|nmbug/status]]. It is even more
+experimental than everything else here, and currently manually updated.
+It is generated by a
+ [[python script|http://pivot.cs.unb.ca/git/?p=notmuch-scripts.git;a=blob_plain;f=scripts/nmbug-status.py]].
+
 ## Getting set up
 
 1. Install and use notmuch version notmuch 0.9+63~gebd1adc or newer.
@@ -72,21 +79,61 @@
 
 ## Tagging conventions
 
+Note that the tag database is probably catching up to these
+conventions.
+
+### Main patch tracking tags
+
+Intially any patch should be tagged
+
+    notmuch::patch           
+
+Patches that are for discussion, rather than proposed for master should be tagged
+
+    notmuch::wip                is "work in progress", posted for review or comment.
+
+Most patches will be initially tagged
+
+    notmuch::needs-review       needs some (more) review
+
+unless the are tagged
+
+    notmuch::trivial            looks harmless
+
+Patches keep `notmuch::needs-review` until they either get enough
+reviews, or one of the following resolutions is reached
+    
+    notmuch::obsolete           replaced by some other patch
+    notmuch::pushed             is pushed to master
+    notmuch::wontfix            for whatever reason, this patch will not 
+                                be applied
+
+Sometimes the process stalls, and patches get tagged
+
+    notmuch::moreinfo           waiting for feedback from patch proposer 
+                                or others
+    
+### Bug tracking tag
+
+So far we are just tagging certain messages as bug reports, meaning
+things that "everyone" agrees should be fixed.
+
     notmuch::bug                is a bug report
+
+### Optional tags
+
+These patches are more comments and suggestions.
+
     notmuch::emacs              is a patch/bug for the emacs UI
     notmuch::feature            provides a new feature
     notmuch::fix                fixes a bug
-    notmuch::moreinfo           waiting for feedback from patch proposer or others
-    notmuch::obsolete           replaced by some other patch
-    notmuch::patch           
     notmuch::portability        improves portability
-    notmuch::pushed             is pushed to master
     notmuch::review             is a review
-    notmuch::reviewed           has been (well) reviewed
     notmuch::test               provides a new test/or improves testing
-    notmuch::wip                is "work in progress", posted for review or comment.
+    notmuch::$n                 this patch should be considered for 
+                                release $n
 
-## Tracking the patch queue
+## TRACKING the patch queue
 
 I (David Bremner) use the following search (in my case as a saved
 search in emacs).