Bug#484245: reportbug: --body-file does not use header/footer info from body
# Bcc: control retitle 484245 provide a CLI option that uses header/footer info also from a file severity 484245 wishlist thanks Hi Shai, On 08/06/03 10:39 +0300, Shai Berger said ... 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. If I read this bug report correctly, what you ask for is an option that would allow you to report bugs using reportbug directly from a file that was saved earlier by reportbug. And include the headers, footers etc. without having to go through the prompt/answer routine again. Cheers, Giridhar -- Y Giridhar Appaji Nag | http://appaji.net/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#484245: reportbug: --body-file does not use header/footer info from body
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 python2.5.2-1An interactive high-level object-o ii python-central0.6.7 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]
Bug#484245: reportbug: --body-file does not use header/footer info from body
Hi Giridhar, On Tuesday 03 June 2008 11:25:57 Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: If I read this bug report correctly, what you ask for is an option that would allow you to report bugs using reportbug directly from a file that was saved earlier by reportbug. And include the headers, footers etc. without having to go through the prompt/answer routine again. This is almost my intention, except that I think the current behavior (make some prompts, and change report so it is not identical to the file, but not allow the user to review these changes) is not reasonable and therefore a defect. As a side point, the --body-file option is recommended by the program when you decide not to submit a report; with current behavior, though, the file it produces is actually not suitable for use with this option. I wonder, what use-case makes the current behavior desirable. Thus, I disagree with both the new title and the 'wishlist' severity. Thanks, Shai. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#484245: reportbug: --body-file does not use header/footer info from body
# Bcc: control retitle 484245 reportbug: --body-file does not use header/footer info from body severity normal thanks Hi Shai, On 08/06/03 13:00 +0300, Shai Berger said ... On Tuesday 03 June 2008 11:25:57 Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: If I read this bug report correctly, what you ask for is an option that would allow you to report bugs using reportbug directly from a file that was saved earlier by reportbug. And include the headers, footers etc. without having to go through the prompt/answer routine again. This is almost my intention, except that I think the current behavior (make some prompts, and change report so it is not identical to the file, but not allow the user to review these changes) is not reasonable and therefore a defect. Sure, I agree. As a side point, the --body-file option is recommended by the program when you decide not to submit a report; with current behavior, though, the file it produces is actually not suitable for use with this option. I wonder, what use-case makes the current behavior desirable. reportbug advises using --body-file and --include since the previous release. This was done for #328531 but reading that report closely ... quote Anyway, -i apparently reasks questions already in the /tmp file, so isn't exactly what we want here. /quote ... it looks like the submitter there wanted functionality like you expect. Thus, I disagree with both the new title and the 'wishlist' severity. Hence reverting them :) Cheers, Giridhar -- Y Giridhar Appaji Nag | http://appaji.net/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#484245: reportbug: --body-file does not use header/footer info from body
severity 484245 normal thanks On 08/06/03 17:26 +0530, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag said ... On 08/06/03 13:00 +0300, Shai Berger said ... On Tuesday 03 June 2008 11:25:57 Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: If I read this bug report correctly, what you ask for is an option that would allow you to report bugs using reportbug directly from a file that was saved earlier by reportbug. And include the headers, footers etc. without having to go through the prompt/answer routine again. This is almost my intention, except that I think the current behavior (make some prompts, and change report so it is not identical to the file, but not allow the user to review these changes) is not reasonable and therefore a defect. Looking at this again, the --include / -i option allows preview in the editor. So we could change the text to remove suggesting using --body-file. Does that sound OK and a reasonable option as far as this defect is concerned? And as for the wishlist we should re-open #328531 IMO. reportbug maintainers, what do you think? Cheers, Giridhar -- Y Giridhar Appaji Nag | http://appaji.net/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#484245: reportbug: --body-file does not use header/footer info from body
On Tuesday 03 June 2008 15:14:46 Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: Looking at this again, the --include / -i option allows preview in the editor. So we could change the text to remove suggesting using --body-file. Does that sound OK and a reasonable option as far as this defect is concerned? Almost. I would rename the --body and --body-file options to something like --report and --report-file (or --description, --description-file, if you don't find these names too long) -- as the text they take is only used instead of the description in the bug-report. Perhaps their documentation also could be made clearer, but perhaps that's just me :-) And as for the wishlist we should re-open #328531 IMO. Yes, certainly. If you ignore my confusion with --body-file, this bug is just a dupe of #328531. While reopening it, though, I would retitle it to something like provide option to continue with saved report. Thanks, Shai. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#484245: reportbug: --body-file does not use header/footer?info from body
tags 484245 + pending thanks On 08/06/03 15:32 +0300, Shai Berger said ... On Tuesday 03 June 2008 15:14:46 Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: Looking at this again, the --include / -i option allows preview in the editor. So we could change the text to remove suggesting using --body-file. Does that sound OK and a reasonable option as far as this defect is concerned? Almost. I would rename the --body and --body-file options to something like --report and --report-file (or --description, --description-file, if you don't find these names too long) -- as the text they take is only used instead of the description in the bug-report. Perhaps their documentation also could be made clearer, but perhaps that's just me :-) We could make the documentation a bit more clear, but I wouldn't like to rename the options in the interest of backward compatibility. And as for the wishlist we should re-open #328531 IMO. Yes, certainly. If you ignore my confusion with --body-file, this bug is just a dupe of #328531. While reopening it, though, I would retitle it to something like provide option to continue with saved report. Cheers, Giridhar -- Y Giridhar Appaji Nag | http://appaji.net/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
