apport package hook not used for 'ubuntu-bug firefox'
Bug #384120 reported by
Brian Murray
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Alexander Sack |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
The apport package hook for Firefox is not used when somebody reports a bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug firefox'. This is due to the fact the package firefox is provided by the source package firefox-3.0. and the hook is installed as 'firefox-3.0.py'. Subsequently, the hook is only used when somebody reports the bug using 'ubuntu-bug firefox-3.0'.
Expecting people to know that they should use firefox-3.0 instead of firefox seems a bit much to me and I think we'd get higher quality bug reports if the package hook were installed as 'source_
Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alexander Sack (asac) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
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One could test by executing 'ubuntu-bug firefox' and checking the files included before uploading it. Then test the fix by copying 'firefox-3.0.py' to 'source_ firefox- 3.0.py' in /usr/share/ apport/ package- hooks/.