Package: reportbug Version: 3.40 Severity: normal
When saving a bug report for later, than using it in $ reportbug --body-file=BODYFILE The BODYFILE typically contains reportbug headers and footers, but reportbug fails to use them; instead, it prompts again for a subject line, a package etc. if they were not given on the command line. The problem is aggravated by the choice to not open an editor. While I can see some sense in that (to allow for programmatic use), the result is that the user submitting the bug has no way to see exactly what they're sending before it is submitted. It makes especially little sense when the program has already decided to prompt for other things. You can see the results of my confusion with the UI in a bug I wanted to report, bug #484239. In case you wonder, "kadahat in zalahat" is mixed Hebrew-English, and means "fever in a dish". -- Package-specific info: ** Environment settings: INTERFACE="text" ** /home/shai/.reportbugrc: reportbug_version "2.64" mode standard ui text realname "Shai Berger" email "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" smtphost "mail.barak.net.il" smtpuser "shai-platonix.com" smtppasswd <omitted> -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages reportbug depends on: ii apt 0.7.14 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii python 2.5.2-1 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-central 0.6.7 register and build utility for Pyt reportbug recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
