[Reportbug-maint] Bug#761206: reportbug: please remove the 'base' package from reportbug

[Tomas Pospisek]

Package: reportbug
Version: 6.4.4+deb7u1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hello,

the attached patch implements the removal of the 'base' pseudo package
from reportbug. See #734053 [1] for context, where Holger Levsen is
reporting against bugs.debian.org to remove the 'base' package.

It seems like most of the few bugs against 'base' concern specific
packages (notably the kernel) and the other ones could be reassigned
to the 'general' package.

Thanks,
*t

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/734053

-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/tpo/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "6.4.4"
mode novice
ui text
email "tpo_deb at sourcepole.ch"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.6
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.14-0.bpo.2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt               0.9.7.9+deb7u2
ii  python            2.7.3-4+deb7u1
ii  python-reportbug  6.4.4+deb7u1

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn  claws-mail                               <none>
ii  debconf-utils                            1.5.49
pn  debsums                                  <none>
pn  dlocate                                  <none>
pn  emacs22-bin-common | emacs23-bin-common  <none>
ii  file                                     5.11-2+deb7u5
ii  gnupg                                    1.4.12-7+deb7u4
ii  msmtp-mta [mail-transport-agent]         1.4.28-1
ii  python-gtk2                              2.24.0-3+b1
pn  python-gtkspell                          <none>
pn  python-urwid                             <none>
ii  python-vte                               1:0.28.2-5
ii  xdg-utils                                1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-6

Versions of packages python-reportbug depends on:
ii  apt               0.9.7.9+deb7u2
ii  python            2.7.3-4+deb7u1
ii  python-debian     0.1.21
ii  python-debianbts  1.11
ii  python-support    1.0.15

python-reportbug suggests no packages.

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/reportbug.conf changed [not included]

-- no debconf information
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