[Reportbug-maint] Bug#620928: reportbug: Please provide an option to not prompt for a subject

Josh Triplett josh at joshtriplett.org
Tue Apr 5 04:16:15 UTC 2011


Package: reportbug
Version: 5.0
Severity: wishlist

I'd much rather edit the mail subject in my editor, rather than in a
prompt provided by reportbug.  (This holds particularly true when using
--mutt.)  Thus, I'd like an option to disable the prompt for a subject.
If set, reportbug should still automatically set the subject for
replies, or prefix the filename or package name for new bugs, but should
not prompt for a subject.

- Josh Triplett

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                           0.8.13.1   Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                        2.6.6-12   interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-reportbug              5.0        Python modules for interacting wit

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn  debconf-utils                <none>      (no description available)
ii  debsums                      2.0.48+nmu3 tool for verification of installed
pn  dlocate                      <none>      (no description available)
ii  emacs23-bin-common           23.2+1-7    The GNU Emacs editor's shared, arc
ii  file                         5.04-5      Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                        1.4.11-3    GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
pn  postfix | exim4 | mail-trans <none>      (no description available)
ii  python-gtk2                  2.17.0-4    Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
pn  python-gtkspell              <none>      (no description available)
pn  python-urwid                 <none>      (no description available)
pn  python-vte                   <none>      (no description available)
ii  xdg-utils                    1.1.0~rc1-2 desktop integration utilities from

-- no debconf information





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