[Reportbug-maint] Bug#586159: reportbug: Show reassigned bugs and shift report to new package if applicable

[Elora HRanma]

Package: reportbug
Version: 4.10.2
Severity: wishlist

Hello there

When a bug report is moved to a different package, e.g. the actual root of the problem was a dependency, it is no longer shown in the bugs list of the first one. That is a problem, since that is the most probable point of entry for new reports regarding the same bug. Since people will not see the bug, they will create a new one for the same issue.
So, packages moved to different packages than the original should be shown.
Going further, if a field containing the packages and versions affected by a bug is ever implemented in the bug tracking server, it would show bugs which apply or affect the package/version the user has in the system.
For example, it'd be great if people reporting a bug in apt-listbugs could see bug
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=585448
as it directly affects that package, eventhough it is listed in libdpkg-ruby1.8.

I hope you find my proposal interesting,
 Elideb


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-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                           0.7.25.3   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

reportbug recommends no packages.

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                 5.04-1              Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                1.4.10-2            GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  python-gtk2          2.16.0-2            Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
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pn  python-urwid         <none>              (no description available)
ii  python-vte           1:0.22.5-2          Python bindings for the VTE widget
ii  ssmtp [mail-transpor 2.64-3              extremely simple MTA to get mail o
ii  xdg-utils            1.0.2+cvs20100223-1 desktop integration utilities from

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