vlc does not have a Report a bug button

[Shirish Agarwal]

Binary package hint: vlc

vlc does not have a report a bug button .

Please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

Specifically the part about Help -> Report a problem

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: vlc 0.9.8a-1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_IN
SourcePackage: vlc
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-4-generic i686

[swoody (swoody)]

Hello, and thank you for reporting this bug! I have confirmed that VLC does not have the 'Report a Bug' feature, and this bug has been marked as 'Wishlist' so developers can add this feature in future versions. If you're having problems with VLC, please report bugs as directed in the link you provided:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
Thank you again for taking the time to improve Ubuntu!

[Hew (hew)]

Still an issue with vlc 1.0.0~rc2-1ubuntu1.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont (rdenis)]

Two years on, nothing happened. I must say, I don't really see the point of this feature request.

Ubuntu is almost NEVER shipping the current VLC version. The upstream VideoLAN project will ignore any bug not reported against the latest VLC version, so it is not possible for Ubuntu users to file bugs there.

So that leaves Launchpad. But then there's two problems: First, it would have to be an Ubuntu specific patch to VLC. Second, my experience sorting hundreds of Ubuntu VLC shows that nobody actually takes REAL care of VLC bugs in Launchpad. So directing users there is basically a waste of time.

So overall, I don't see the point of a Bug report menu item, unless you want it to show "Sorry, you cannot do that".

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Would a Report a bug button that first check if you are using the latest version and then leads you to the videolan bug tracker useful?