On 07/10/24 14:27 +0200, Marc Haber said ...
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 04:48:30PM +0530, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote:
> > /usr/share/bug/exim4-config/script plugin for reportbug.  Doesn't it
> > make sense to request users to execute that script and send the output
> > to the exim4 Debian package mailing list?
> 
> We already do that (with considerable difficulty, since once cannot
> simply execute a /usr/share/bug/$PACKAGE/script from the command
> line), but we'd have to collect the information that is collected by
> reportbug in the default ourselves, again.

Sure thing Marc, I will let Chris to comment on this one then :-).

> > I feel that the feature you request doesn't belong in -- and is quite
> > distant from the scope of -- reportbug :).
> 
> I still think that it it the easiest way to have this implemented in
> reportbug since most of the code needed is already there.

That said, in my opinion, one should be able to use reportbug (say with
the --print and the above options you suggest to get this information).

Cheers,

Giridhar

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