On 8/21/05, Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Package: reportbug
> Version: 3.15
> Severity: important
>
> Le Dim 21 Août 2005 17:02, Benjamin Seidenberg a écrit :
> > Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> > > owner 324296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] submitter 324296
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks
> > >
> > > damned, why don't reportbug honour DEBEMAIL ?
> >
> > Had same issue, check your ~/.reportbugrc, it sets variables in that
> > file when you first run it. DEBBUGEMAIL will override it (or you can
> > just change the file). I had 2 people jump on me from debian-devel,
> > even though I had already fixed it. :-)
>
> I consider it a bug, an important one even.
>
> Reportbug never asked me for any information except the "experience"
> level I had, so if it was able to guess my information once, it should
> *NOT* store it. Such an information can change, and the user won't know
> that static settings have been set, and when he changes EMAIL, he won't
> receive mails from the maintainers back.
>
> Reportbug should :
> * either get EMAIL/DEBEMAIL/DEBBUGSEMAIL/... each time it is run
> * or ask the user to give such information (and then store it, since
> the user *KNOW* reportbug asked it to him)
>
> This bug really is important because it can result in a permanent lost
> communication between a reporter and a package maintainer.
>
> btw, I've not checked the reportbug man page, if such a behaviour is
> documented or not, but even if it is, since no "normal" user would ever
> need to read this manpage, such a behaviour still remains hidden, and
> thus is IMHO a bug. So *even* adding a note about such a behaviour in
> the manpage (or elsewhere) is not sufficient.
reportbug did, in fact, ask you these very questions on first run:
def_realname, def_email = reportbug.get_email()
realname = ui.get_string('What real name should be used for sending bug '
'reports? [%s]' %
(options.realname or def_realname),
options=[def_realname], force_prompt=True)
from_addr = ui.get_string('Which of your email addresses should be used '
'when sending bug reports? [%s]' %
(options.email or def_email),options=[def_email],
force_prompt=True)
So, I'm not entirely sure what you're complaining about here... this
satisfies #2 amply.
Chris
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