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bug-buddy package

Launching bug-buddy from the menu fails

Bug #51128 reported by Oumar Aziz OUATTARA
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bug-buddy (Ubuntu)
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Wishlist
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: bug-buddy

When I launch bug-buddy from the menu, it opens https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+filebug but when launching it from the terminal, it opens normally.

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Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) wrote :

I can confirm this. In the .desktop file, I see the following:

Exec=gnome-open https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+filebug

IMVHO, this is not expected. People that want to file a bug can visit the site on their own. People who want to use bug-buddy to assist them through the process should be able to launch it from the menu. After all, it isn't even "bug buddy" if it doesn't invoke bug buddy and invokes a link.

Two entries can be inserted in the menu. A "Report a bug" entry (which existed under Help during the development stages of Dapper IIRC) which will open the Launchpad website and a "Bug Buddy" entry that will actually invoke bug-buddy.

Changed in bug-buddy:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Dean Sas (dsas) wrote :

The problem is that bug-buddy doesn't work with out of the box ubuntu as there's no smtp server installed and it doesn't work with Launchpad so it can't be used to file a bug anyway.

There is a bug-buddy-like launchpad tool being developed I think, also people may have been waiting until after bug-buddy had it's new xml-rpc interface before evaluating using it for launchpad.

This probably needs further discussion by bringing it up on a mailing list (ubuntu-desktop or sounder are probably your best bets) or by creating a spec (you should first check whether it already exists) at the Ubuntu specs
page (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+specs) in Launchpad.You can start writing a spec following the steps described in http://wiki.ubuntu.com//FeatureSpecifications

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Oumar Aziz OUATTARA (wattazoum) wrote : Re: [Bug 51128] Re: Launching bug-buddy from the menu fails

> There is a bug-buddy-like launchpad tool being developed I think, also
> people may have been waiting until after bug-buddy had it's new xml-rpc
> interface before evaluating using it for launchpad.

===>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugReportingTool

I wish it could rapidly been developed .

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. That's not a bug but a feature. Note that the menu item is masked by default and that the situation might change with edgy since bug-buddy does communicate by xmlrpc now

Changed in bug-buddy:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Untriaged → Wishlist
status: Confirmed → Rejected
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