[Reportbug-maint] Bug#285924: merged bugs are not shown
Thomas Arendsen Hein
thomas at intevation.de
Sun Feb 7 14:53:27 UTC 2010
Package: reportbug
Version: 4.10.2
Severity: normal
I just stumbled across this usability problem when wanting to report a bug in
reportbug. When checking wether the bug I want to report already exists, I
noticed the following issues:
17) #548533 reportbug: Ctrl+c doesn't exit until after pressing enter
20) #559573 reportbug: pressing Ctrl+c will not abort at subject in console. write Ctrl+d instead.
29) #564939 ^C interrupts should interrupt immediately
...
32) #230582 reportbug: maybe -f could work on /var/lib/dpkg/info/ files too
34) #302234 reportbug: please check binaries for locally installed libraries
35) #305105 reportbug: -f: even look in /var/lib/dpkg/info
...
36) #328531 reportbug: provide option to continue with saved report
37) #347425 reportbug: would like --resume option for picking up from an interrupted report
41) #497387 reportbug: would like --resume option for picking up from an interrupted report
...
63) #240105 reportbug: Newer version avail should provide changelog
64) #241552 Option to display changelog
...
95) #128092 reportbug: should redisplay on WINCH signal
96) #407531 reportbug: should detect terminal resize when listing bugs
97) #460899 reportbug: Doesn't check for terminal resize
...
98) #498919 cannot write in tags anymore
99) #524511 cannot set tags on command line
My first thought was, oh, these should be merged (for that reason I prepared
above list), but then I remembered that those duplicates are bugs of
reportbug, and so I was sure that the maintainer knows about how to merge bug
reports. I confirmed this by checking in the web interface for one of above
bugs.
Assuming that it isn't a problem to retrieve the merge information (I do not
know and have not checked), only the problem of displaying it nicely to the
user has to be solved.
My suggestion is to use '=' or '+':
17) #548533 reportbug: Ctrl+c doesn't exit until after pressing enter
18) #559573 =reportbug: pressing Ctrl+c will not abort at subject in console. write Ctrl+d instead.
19) #564939 =^C interrupts should interrupt immediately
20) #abcdef reportbug: a bug report which is not merged
21) #230582 reportbug: maybe -f could work on /var/lib/dpkg/info/ files too
22) #302234 +reportbug: please check binaries for locally installed libraries
23) #305105 +reportbug: -f: even look in /var/lib/dpkg/info
Or something similar to threaded view with some MUAs:
17) #548533 reportbug: Ctrl+c doesn't exit until after pressing enter
18) #559573 |> reportbug: pressing Ctrl+c will not abort at subject in console. write Ctrl+d instead.
19) #564939 `> ^C interrupts should interrupt immediately
20) #abcdef reportbug: a bug report which is not merged
21) #230582 reportbug: maybe -f could work on /var/lib/dpkg/info/ files too
22) #302234 |->reportbug: please check binaries for locally installed libraries
23) #305105 `->reportbug: -f: even look in /var/lib/dpkg/info
Personally I would prefer '=' in a separate column like in the first example.
Regards,
Thomas
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APT prefers testing
APT policy: (550, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii apt 0.7.25 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
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Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
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pn debsums <none> (no description available)
pn dlocate <none> (no description available)
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ii file 5.03-5+b1 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gnupg 1.4.10-2 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
pn postfix | exim4 | mail-transp <none> (no description available)
ii python-gtk2 2.16.0-2 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
pn python-gtkspell <none> (no description available)
ii python-urwid 0.9.9-2 curses-based UI/widget library for
pn python-vte <none> (no description available)
ii xdg-utils 1.0.2-6.1 desktop integration utilities from
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