Cannot add a task to an affected upstream by url / without registering the project metadata in Launchpad

Bug #123899 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Launchpad itself
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

1. Go to any bug page.
2. Click "Also affects: Project..."
3. Look at the resulting page.

What you see: A project field.
What you should see: A project field, and also an URL field as is included on the "Also affects: Distribution..." page.

[Originally reported as part of bug 117460.]

description: updated
Changed in malone:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

From dupe:
"""
"Register the project in LP and update the packaging information for the package" is a completely infeasible approach for the thousands of packages in Universe. Please give us the ability to put a link to the upstream URL back.
"""

tags: added: better-forwarding
description: updated
Changed in malone:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in launchpad:
importance: Medium → Low
summary: - "Also affects: Distribution" has URL field, but "Also affects: Upstream"
- doesn't
+ Cannot add a task to an affected upstream by url / without registering
+ the project metadata in Launchpad
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