apport-collect: add short infos to description

[Martin Pitt]

Binary package hint: apport

apport-collect should add the short text data to the description instead to a new comment, to be more consistent with bugs which got filed with apport right from the start. This also makes them easier to find.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

If this is done it would probably be useful to also add the lp username to the data so in cases where you collect more than one set of data it is clear who each set of data belongs to.

Chris

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

With launchpadlib it should be possible to check if the user adding data is the bug's reporter.

If the collector is not the reporter I'd say add a comment with the complete details and maybe add a link in the description to the comment with the complete details.

If the collector is the reporter modify the description with the appropriate information collected from apport.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Martin,

I think Brian's idea solves the problem in the most usable manner, assuming you can get the link in the description area for large bugs.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Will this be implemented in Jaunty?

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Brian Murray [2009-04-08 17:46 -0000]:
> Will this be implemented in Jaunty?

I'm afraid I didn't manage it this week (with above
reporter/non-reporter heuristic and links to bug comments this is a
really complex change), and with the final freeze being tomorrow, the
current version has to do. However, I'll update the script on
people.u.c. once this is fixed.

Martin

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

r1584

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Will this allow test-local to work with apport-collected bug reports?

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Brian Murray [2009-12-09 17:48 -0000]:
> Will this allow test-local to work with apport-collected bug reports?

Good point. Yes, it should.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package apport - 1.9.6-0ubuntu2

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apport (1.9.6-0ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low

  * Bump python-launchpadlib dependency to ensure that we have login_with()
    with credentials_file argument.
  * debian/local/apport-collect: Add short infos to description if the calling
    person is the bug reporter. (LP: #348948)
  * debian/local/apport-collect: Intercept lazr.restfulclient.errors.HTTPError
    as well, and also cover the login process.
  * debian/local/apport-collect: Improve error messages.
  * debian/local/ubuntu-fat-chroot: Disable update-alternatives, it causes too
    much breakage with fakechroot.
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:09:26 +0100