Your message dated Sun, 3 Jan 2010 18:25:57 +0100
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and subject line Re: [Reportbug-maint] Bug#498267: reportbug should use the
curses interface by default
has caused the Debian Bug report #498267,
regarding reportbug should use the curses interface by default
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Package: reportbug
Version: 3.45
Severity: normal
The feel that curses interface to reportbug would be much easier for new users
to understand and use than the line based interface used as default.
-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
EDITOR="emacs"
EMAIL="[email protected]"
INTERFACE="urwid"
** /home/nslater/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "3.45"
mode standard
ui urwid
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii apt 0.7.14+b1 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii python 2.5.2-2 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-central 0.6.8 register and build utility for Pyt
reportbug recommends no packages.
Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
ii debconf-utils 1.5.23 debconf utilities
ii debsums 2.0.36 verification of installed package
ii dlocate 0.96.1 fast alternative to dpkg -L and dp
ii exim4 4.69-6 metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4)
ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.69-6 lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
ii file 4.25-1 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gnupg 1.4.9-3 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii python-urwid 0.9.8.3-1 curses-based UI/widget library for
-- no debconf information
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Noah Slater, http://bytesexual.org/nslater
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Hello Noah,
thanks for your report...
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 15:56, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote:
> The feel that curses interface to reportbug would be much easier for new users
> to understand and use than the line based interface used as default.
...but we're not going to change the default. Reportbug born and still
mainly is a text tool, and on top of it we add GUIs. We have urwid and
GTK+ GUIs, and anyone is free to set those as default.
That said, I'm closing this report.
Cheers,
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Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu)
My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/
Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi
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