Fallback to text interface forgets bts option

[Sam Geeraerts]

Binary package hint: reportbug

When the menu-based interface is chosen in reportbug, but it fails and falls back to the text interface, it forgets the bts option.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Install reportbug through Synaptic.
2) Open a terminal and execute "reportbug --bts=debian".
3) Select mode novice.
4) Select interface 2 (menu-based console interface).
5) Enter an e-mail address.
6) Enter an SMTP host.
7) Enter a user name. The following output appears and ends the program:

Default preferences file written. To reconfigure, re-run reportbug with the "--configure" option.
*** Unable to import urwid interface: Please install the python-urwid package to use this
interface. Falling back to text interface.

*** ERROR: "Ubuntu" BTS is currently unsupported. Please use "ubuntu-bug" (from the apport
package) for reporting bugs in Ubuntu. You can report bugs to Debian by using bts=debian (see
reportbug(1)).

So the error message suggests using bts=debian, although I provided that option when I started reportbug.

Ubuntu release: 8.04 (gNewSense) (the same happens in 9.04)
Package version: 3.39ubuntu3.1

[Bhavani Shankar (bhavi)]

working fine here

a snapshot perhaps

would help

regards

[Sam Geeraerts (samgee)]

Tested again with the 9.04 live CD: same result. I've added a screenshot of the terminal session.

[Bhavani Shankar (bhavi)]

ah looked at that

but

give rietz.debian.org

as smtp server

and try seems not a bug to me

regards

[Sam Geeraerts (samgee)]

I did the same as before, but with the SMTP server you suggested. Same result.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for reportbug (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Sam Geeraerts (samgee)]

I tested again on a freshly installed Ubuntu 10.10 system. Still pretty much the same result. Interface 2 is now GTK, which works, so it doesn't fall back to text interface. But it still ends with the same 'ERROR: "Ubuntu" BTS is currently not supported...'.

[Bhavani Shankar (bhavi)]

yes its natural it defaults to ubuntu in ubuntu version of reportbug

cf:

reportbug (4.12.6ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable. Remaining changes:
    - bin/reportbug
     + Make reportbug stop working for bts=ubuntu and refer to "ubuntu-bug"
       instead.
     + exit with an error, if bts=ubuntu (or unconfigured).
   - reportbug/__init__.py: Match reportbug version with package version.
   - debian/control: Add prominent note to package description
   - debian/rules: Do not install .desktop file.

reportbug (4.12.6) unstable; urgency=low

  * reportbug/debianbts.py
    - fix a typo to properly recognize free-exception; thanks to Jakub Wilk for
      the report; Closes: #592138

reportbug (4.12.5) unstable; urgency=low

  * bin/reportbug
    - add a warning we are actually working (and not blocked) when executing bug
      script; thanks to Arthur Marsh for the report; Closes: #587952
    - clarified that not specifying an SMTP host, the one from Debian will be
      used; thanks to Andrei Popescu for the report; Closes: #590306
  * reportbug/submit.py
    - fixed a typo: 'receive'/'received'; thanks to Joey Hess for the report;
      Closes: #588198
    - properly catch multiple exceptions; thanks to Jakub Wilk for spotting it
  * bin/reportbug, man/reportbug.1
    - support globbing when attachments are allowed (so both command-line args
      and sub-menus); thanks to Josh Triplett for the report: Closes: #452648
  * doc/README.Users
    - clarified the usage terms for reportbug.debian.org
  * debian/control
    - bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1 (no changes needed)
 -- Bhavani Shankar <email address hidden> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:30:04 +0530

[Sam Geeraerts (samgee)]

Yes, defaulting to Ubuntu is fine (although a bit weird when it's not supported). But when I explicitly specify to report to Debian I want it to either report to Debian or tell me that that is not supported (should that be the case).