Hello fellow developers, So far, Apport package hooks were limited to collecting data from the local system. However, a lot of debugging recipes and standard bug triage ping pong involves asking the reporter further questions which need reponses from a human. This can range from a very simple information message box “Now, please plug in the camera which is not detected” until a complex decision tree based on the symptoms the user sees.
As discussed at UDS Barcelona [1], Apport now supports this, as of version 1.3 (just uploaded to Karmic). The GUI still leaves something to be desired, and I plan to improve it. But the API for hooks won’t change any more, so you can now begin to develop your interactive hooks. Please see my blog [2] for how such an interactive hook might look like, and [3] or [4] for the documentation. I also updated https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport/DeveloperHowTo accordingly. Enjoy, and don't hesitate to contact me for assistance, help, and suggestions for improvements! Thanks, Martin [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/Karmic/SymptomBasedBugReporting [2] http://martinpitt.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/interrogation-with-apport-hooks-qt-developer-needed/ [3] /usr/share/doc/apport/package-hooks.txt [4] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/annotate/head%3A/doc/package-hooks.txt -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)
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