| 2005-11-14 23:42:23 |
mikus |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2005-11-18 22:08:08 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
description |
I am experiencing a bug in Ubuntu. Since they are switching to Malone, I entered the bug here. One of the first questions asked by Malone was "Which package?" (This was accompanied by text that said this was a *required* entry field.)
Well, I am NOT a developer. What I put into that field was the name of the package that supplied the program that gave me an error message when trying to "load" some tables. But I suspect that it was not the fault of THAT program. but rather the fault of whatever originally *built* those tables. And not being a developer, I have NO IDEA which "package" was responsible for the content of those tables.
What I am pointing out here is that not everyone who finds a bug has the knowledge to IDENTIFY the "package that needs to be fixed". Let me suggest that the text for that entry allow specifying "not identified" as a valid input for that field.
mikus
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The page for reporting a bug on a distribution (e.g. <https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+filebug>) does not make it clear enough that specifying a source package name is optional. |
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| 2005-11-20 04:12:27 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
title |
suggestion - support Malone use by non-developer |
Make source package name more obviously optional when reporting bug |
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| 2005-11-28 17:23:13 |
Christian Reis |
malone: status |
New |
NeedInfo |
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| 2005-11-30 13:54:59 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
description |
The page for reporting a bug on a distribution (e.g. <https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+filebug>) does not make it clear enough that specifying a source package name is optional. |
The page for reporting a bug on a distribution (e.g. <https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+filebug>) does not make it clear enough that specifying a source package name is optional.
The form could look roughly like this
Bug occurs in:
(*) unknown package
( ) [ ]
where checking the field's radiobutton automatically focuses the field, and changing the value of the field (to a non-empty value) automatically checks the radiobutton. |
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| 2005-11-30 14:02:12 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
malone: status |
NeedInfo |
New |
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| 2005-12-05 17:09:04 |
Brad Bollenbach |
malone: status |
New |
Accepted |
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| 2005-12-05 17:09:04 |
Brad Bollenbach |
malone: assignee |
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bradb |
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| 2006-03-28 16:13:45 |
Brad Bollenbach |
malone: status |
Confirmed |
In Progress |
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| 2006-03-28 16:13:45 |
Brad Bollenbach |
malone: statusexplanation |
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I'm currently tweaking the filebug form as part of the security teams work. |
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| 2006-04-19 14:03:43 |
Brad Bollenbach |
malone: status |
In Progress |
Fix Released |
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| 2006-04-19 14:03:43 |
Brad Bollenbach |
malone: statusexplanation |
I'm currently tweaking the filebug form as part of the security teams work. |
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