[Reportbug-maint] Bug#653163: report bug should advise user that their bug report is stored in /tmp upon quitting.

josh jbuhl_nospam at gmx.de
Sat Dec 24 14:47:16 UTC 2011


Package: reportbug
Version: 6.3.1
Severity: wishlist

When using reportbug, if a user mistakenly chooses an option that won't
work, s/he has no choice but to "quit" since there isn't a back button.
At this point it appears to the regular user as if the bug report just
typed in has been lost. There is no indication that reportbug saves this
in /tmp. It appears to the user as if s/he has just lost the report and
would have to start all over again, which contributes to user
frustration and decreases the likelihood of user contribution of bug
reports.

A simple notification upon quitting that the report up to that point has
been saved in /tmp/filename would alleviate this problem.


-j






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