[Reportbug-maint] Bug#534876: reportbug: Poor behaviour if configured for GTK2 but python-vte not installed

[Colin S. Miller]

Package: reportbug
Version: 4.4
Severity: important


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From: "Colin S. Miller" <debian at csmiller.demon.co.uk>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org>
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From: "Colin S. Miller" <debian at csmiller.demon.co.uk>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org>
Subject: reportbug: Poor behaviour if configured for GTK2 but python-vte not installed
Message-ID: <20090627200606.4615.12675.reportbug at qemu>
X-Mailer: reportbug 4.4
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:06:06 +0100
Message-ID: <20090627201406.4681.8298.reportbug at qemu>
X-Mailer: reportbug 4.4
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:14:06 +0100

Package: reportbug
Version: 4.4
Severity: important

If the user configured repotbug to use the GTK2 interface,
but the sysadmin didn't install python-vte, then 
reportbug will open a dialog asking for python-vte to
be installed; acknowledging the dialog will exit reportbug.

It would be better if one (or more) of the following happened.

1) During the first-time configure, reportbug would check if
   python-vte is installed, and if not warn the user that 
   the GTK2 interface is not available.

2) The dialog box should offer to reconfigure reportbug,
   or give the command-line option to do so.

3) The dialog box should offer to fallback to the text
   interface, or give the command-line option to do so.


-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/me/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "4.4"
mode standard
ui gtk2
realname "Colin S. Miller"
email "debian at csmiller.demon.co.uk"
smtphost "<redacted>"
smtpuser "<redacted>"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                           0.7.21     Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                        2.5.4-2    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-reportbug              4.4        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)
ii  exim4                         4.69-11    metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) 
ii  exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.69-11    lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
ii  file                          5.03-1     Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                         1.4.9-4    GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
pn  python-gnome2-extras          <none>     (no description available)
ii  python-gtk2                   2.14.1-3   Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
pn  python-urwid                  <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-vte                    <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information

-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/me/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "4.4"
mode standard
ui text
realname "Colin S. Miller"
email "debian at csmiller.demon.co.uk"
smtphost "post.demon.co.uk"
smtpuser "csmiller"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                           0.7.21     Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                        2.5.4-2    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-reportbug              4.4        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)
ii  exim4                         4.69-11    metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) 
ii  exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.69-11    lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
ii  file                          5.03-1     Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                         1.4.9-4    GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
pn  python-gnome2-extras          <none>     (no description available)
ii  python-gtk2                   2.14.1-3   Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
pn  python-urwid                  <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-vte                    <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information