On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Mark Shuttleworth <[email protected]> wrote:
> ajmctaggart wrote: > > My question is this, why do we need to login to Launchpad through our web > browser to report these bugs? I feel it is extremely disruptive, especially > when something non-essential crashes and Ubuntu asks if I'd like to file a > bug. Of course I'd like to file a bug! That's what I am supposed to do, > correct? But this practice makes my work-flow crippled, and it takes quite > a bit more time than a built in submittal tool. Over the past three days, > I've gotten tired booting my machine, logging in, something crashes, bug > report needs to be filed, now I have to go to Firefox. For goodness sake, I > just need to get into a pdf for work or school! Now that I'm on the > web...hmm, work or browsing? :) Of course, maybe this is just a poor > example of me trying to get out of work, but I think you get the point. > > From what I can see, this system function is about 85% darn near perfect. > That last 15% is how the bug is actually placed in the system. Is anyone > interested in creating a bug reporting mechanism or interface for Launchpad > that allows a user to submit his Launchpad I.D. and password, and NOT have > to be moved to firefox to finish the bug submission? > > > It's a damn good question! In general, the meme of "desktop apps talking > natively to LP" is very cool. We want the Software Center to be able to > automatically add PPA's you're subscribed to, for example. > > The Ubuntu One guys should be delivering an API which lets an app get > credentials in LP without going via the web. Elliot Murphy would be able to > connect us to the right person on that team. > > Those credentials could then be used to complete the bug submission, > without hitting the web browser at all. > > Mark > > I think that I am going different route than intended, but should such integration end with bug submissions? What about asking questions with sort of a GUI interface to Launchpad Answers directly without a browser? How about my launchpad account would be a Jabber account as well? So I could "chat" with any other Launchpad user using Empathy and already configured user/password? How about my launchpad account would be a StatusNet account as well and I could participate in real time communications over Launchpad? It would be also interesting, for example, if I could get notification that a bug I've been subscribed to is closed, without hitting the browser. Alex.
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