Default MaxReports of 3 skews statistics in error database
Bug #973277 reported by
Matthew Paul Thomas
This bug affects 13 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apt (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
apt 0.8.16~
When more than 3 apt errors occur in some period, apt says "No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached".
That limit skews statistics of how often each error occurs, which will in turn skew priorities of which problems are most important to fix.
That might have been a worthy tradeoff for saving people from the interaction required to report bugs. But when error reports are being sent to a database without user interaction, it is no longer relevant.
Either the limit should apply only when the error storage requires interaction (e.g. Launchpad), or it should be removed altogether.
This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.
A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here: iso.qa. ubuntu. com/qatracker/ reports/ bugs/973277
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