Package: reportbug Version: 4.12.6 Severity: wishlist Hi!
We frequently see problems in #debian where the user has tried to send a bug report with reportbug but it has never arrived. Invariably, it's sitting in their local mail spool as they have a minimally configured exim4 from install time. reportbug asks: | Do you have a "mail transport agent" (MTA) like Exim, Postfix or SSMTP configured on this | computer to send mail to the Internet? [Y|n|q|?]? well... "no idea, I guess the defaults are sane" is a pretty common answer to that. But of course the default install doesn't give you a working smtp server like this so the user is left high and dry. Should the default answer to that question (and also the subsequent one on whether to use reportbug.debian.org as the submission host) be set up so that, at least in novice mode, the user will actually end up with a working reportbug? Actually, I'd argue that using reportbug.debian.org is a sane default for any user, given that if you're on a machine that is indeed configured for internet mail then the local user is likely to know that fact so can answer accordingly. Moreover, accidentally using reportbug.debian.org instead of your local MTA is less likely to be a problem (and is a more minor problem) than the other way around. cheers Stuart -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.3 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (550, 'stable-updates'), (550, 'stable'), (101, 'proposed-updates'), (60, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-686-bigmem (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages reportbug depends on: ii apt 0.8.10.3+squeeze1 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii python 2.6.6-3+squeeze6 interactive high-level object-orie ii python-reportbug 4.12.6 Python modules for interacting wit reportbug recommends no packages. Versions of packages reportbug suggests: ii debconf-utils 1.5.36.1 debconf utilities ii debsums 2.0.48+nmu3 tool for verification of installed ii dlocate 1.02 fast alternative to dpkg -L and dp pn emacs22-bin-common | <none> (no description available) ii exim4 4.72-6+squeeze2 metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) ii exim4-daemon-light [ 4.72-6+squeeze2 lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon ii file 5.04-5 Determines file type using "magic" ii gnupg 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii python-gtk2 2.17.0-4 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge pn python-gtkspell <none> (no description available) pn python-urwid <none> (no description available) pn python-vte <none> (no description available) ii xdg-utils 1.0.2+cvs20100307-2 desktop integration utilities from -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org