whoopsie annotates a crash as duplicate of a non-existing bug

[Guntbert Reiter]

unity-panel crashed, whoopsie showed up with the usual display, therein a line
"duplicate of https://bugs.luchnpad.net/bugs/1506292" (see attached screenshot)

Upon visiting that URL I get "This page does not exist..." (also see attached screenshot)

So it seems the dupe checker makes a bigger mistake here.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: apport 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-25.30-generic 4.2.6
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportLog:
 ERROR: apport (pid 14589) Sun Feb 7 13:32:46 2016: called for pid 3326, signal 11, core limit 0
 ERROR: apport (pid 14589) Sun Feb 7 13:32:46 2016: executable: /usr/lib/unity/unity-panel-service (command line "/usr/lib/unity/unity-panel-service")
 ERROR: apport (pid 14589) Sun Feb 7 13:32:46 2016: debug: session gdbus call: (true,)

 ERROR: apport (pid 14589) Sun Feb 7 13:32:55 2016: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_lib_unity_unity-panel-service.1000.crash
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Feb 7 14:36:35 2016
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-29 (100 days ago)

[dino99 (9d9)]

That's an old issue !!!
This #1506292 report is a 'private' one i suppose; so it cant be opened, except if you are the owner. So Apport should not set 'public' reports as 'duplicate' of a 'private report; but the opposite: set the 'private' one as the duplicate, and possibly switch the 'private' one to 'public' if allowed.

Frustating and irritating, as no more comment can be added to a 'private' report.