apport could help the user search for already existing bugs with a link

[Stephen Boddy]

When apport creates a bug report it already has details of the package, and other stuff. A link that would launch the browser with an appropriate search url could make it easier for people to see if their issue was already reported, or fixed.

This was something I mentioned to Brian Murray during his presentation, and he thought it was a good idea.

[komputes (komputes)]

I agree. Apport should display a link or open the duplicate bug in firefox to be reviewed. The user should ultimately have control over whether or not he/she would like to submit a new bug after viewing the "dupilcate bug."

[Marco Rodrigues (gothicx)]

That's already implemented in Launchpad. You submit the bug report and see if there are duplicates.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

launchpadlib does not currently expose the duplicate searching, so we can't implement this on the client side right now.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Just because it can't be done right now, doesn't mean it "Won't" be done sometime right? Subsequently I think it makes more sense to leave the bug open.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This issue has sat incomplete for more than 60 days now. I'm going to close it as invalid. Please feel free re-open if this is still an issue for you. Thank you.