[Reportbug-maint] Bug#612106: reportbug: Please default to continuing when package doesn't exist, or offer option to do so
Josh Triplett
josh at joshtriplett.org
Sat Feb 5 23:14:32 UTC 2011
Package: reportbug
Version: 4.12.6
Severity: normal
I quite often hit the "This package does not appear to be installed;
continue with this report [y|N|q|?]?" prompt, which defaults to "no".
I often end up reporting bugs on uninstalled packages, either because I
need to report the bug from a different system, or because I want to
report a bug on a component of d-i or similar, or due to a bug that
prevents installing the package. Please consider either defaulting this
question to "Yes" or offering an option to do so, preferably the former.
Thanks,
Josh Triplett
-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
EDITOR="/home/josh/.local/bin/vim-wrapper"
DEBEMAIL="josh at joshtriplett.org"
EMAIL="josh at joshtriplett.org"
DEBFULLNAME="Josh Triplett"
NAME="Josh Triplett"
INTERFACE="text"
** /home/josh/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "3.21.2"
mode advanced
ui text
no-cc
header "X-Debbugs-CC: josh at joshtriplett.org"
smtphost reportbug.debian.org:587
header "X-Debbugs-No-Ack: ack!"
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.37-trunk-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 0.8.10.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii python 2.6.6-3+squeeze5 interactive high-level object-orie
ii python-reportbug 4.12.6 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 1.4.10-4 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~rc1-1 desktop integration utilities from
-- no debconf information
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