On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:24 PM, C de-Avillez <[email protected]> wrote: > Adding it all up: as a member of Bug-control you *are* expected to give > your best bet on the Importance. If it ends up being wrong, someone will > indeed reset it, and explain why.
Makes perfect sense >> > 3. What sensitive data should you look for in a private Apport >>> crash report bug before making it public? See Bugs/HowToTriage for >>> more information. >> >> First thing is to remove core dumps since they frequently contain >> sensitive user data. user-id's or account numbers, passwords, and >> other (even physical location data) can also show up and should be >> stripped out. > > Additionally, you should look at backtraces, stacktraces, etc. A 'bt > full', or 'thread apply all bt full', may contain private data. If you > find them, then you have two options: > 1. sanitise the backtraces, by manually taking out any private data. > This means downloading the traces, editing/redacting them, uploading the > redacted trace, and deleting the original one. > 2. Leave the bug private. Ah yes. Thank you for the reminder! > I have been working on a sanitiser for backtraces for a while (well, I > *was* working on it, then I got busy earning a life, but I am returning > to it now). Hopefully, when I am done, we will be able to automate the > clean-up process. Meanwhile, it is a purely manual process. I'm sure that many will appreciate that, even out side of the bug control group. > The only thing I am not sure of -- and I will defer to the bugmeisters > -- is why you need bug-control for Mythbuntu. > > But your work more than warrants membership to Bug-control. > > +1. Thank you for review and the kind comments. To answer your last question, you are absolutely correct that bug-control is not needed for Mythbuntu. Mario was hoping for help with the related projects (mythtv, mythplugins, and others) which get private reports, and which I can not currently assign priority on. Have fun, . Marc _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
