Package: reportbug Version: 4.10.2 Severity: wishlist Hello there
When a bug report is moved to a different package, e.g. the actual root of the problem was a dependency, it is no longer shown in the bugs list of the first one. That is a problem, since that is the most probable point of entry for new reports regarding the same bug. Since people will not see the bug, they will create a new one for the same issue. So, packages moved to different packages than the original should be shown. Going further, if a field containing the packages and versions affected by a bug is ever implemented in the bug tracking server, it would show bugs which apply or affect the package/version the user has in the system. For example, it'd be great if people reporting a bug in apt-listbugs could see bug http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=585448 as it directly affects that package, eventhough it is listed in libdpkg-ruby1.8. I hope you find my proposal interesting, Elideb -- Package-specific info: ** Environment settings: INTERFACE="gtk2" ** /home/elideb/.reportbugrc: reportbug_version "4.8" mode advanced ui gtk2 email "trasuntopendie...@hotmail.com" no-cc header "X-Debbugs-CC: trasuntopendie...@hotmail.com" smtphost reportbug.debian.org -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages reportbug depends on: ii apt 0.7.25.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii python 2.5.4-9 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-reportbug 4.10.2 Python modules for interacting wit reportbug recommends no packages. Versions of packages reportbug suggests: pn debconf-utils <none> (no description available) pn debsums <none> (no description available) pn dlocate <none> (no description available) pn emacs22-bin-common | <none> (no description available) ii file 5.04-1 Determines file type using "magic" ii gnupg 1.4.10-2 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii python-gtk2 2.16.0-2 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge ii python-gtkspell 2.25.3-4.1+b3 Python bindings for the GtkSpell l pn python-urwid <none> (no description available) ii python-vte 1:0.22.5-2 Python bindings for the VTE widget ii ssmtp [mail-transpor 2.64-3 extremely simple MTA to get mail o ii xdg-utils 1.0.2+cvs20100223-1 desktop integration utilities from -- no debconf information _______________________________________________ Reportbug-maint mailing list Reportbug-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/reportbug-maint
