Comment 13 for bug 982767

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 982767] Re: aptdaemon crashes during update-manager run: "Could not cancel transaction"

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 07:46:37AM -0000, Edward Donovan wrote:
> The 'client-side duping' I'm talking about is, I guess, a fairly recent
> arrival?

> http://www.piware.de/2011/11/apport-1-90-client-side-duplicate-
> checking/

> "So with the just released Apport 1.90 we introduce client-side
> duplicate checking. So from now, when you report a crash, you are likely
> to see “We already know about this” right away, without having to upload
> or type anything, and you will get directed to the bug page. You should
> mark yourself as affected and/or subscribe to the bug, both to get a
> notification when it gets fixed, and also to properly raise the
> “hotness” of the bug to bubble up to developer attention."

> Does this help explain my preceding posts? If not, excuse me again! :)

Yes it does, thanks very much. I've asked Martin for input regarding the
client-side duping being untraceable by developers.