severity 655999 wishlist tag 655999 wontfix retitle 655999 Allow for bug submission without specifying a package thanks
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > The ITS requires a package to be specified to send a report. If the > reporter doesn't know which package is concerned, our documentation > about bug reporting says: > > >If you are unable to determine which package your bug report > >should be filed against, please send e-mail to the Debian user > >mailing list <mailto:[email protected]> asking for > >advice. > http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting > > debian-user's topic is user support. Which includes technical support for users who are unable to figure out whether they have a bug and which package it belongs to. > While we're at it, we shouldn't require reporters to indicate a > package. If the ITS technically needs a package to be indicated, we > could tell reporters to indicate a pseudo-package when they don't > know, perhaps "unknown" or "default". In order to figure out who should see a report, a package needs to be specified. No one looks at reports to unspecified packages. Don Armstrong -- Logs drowse in the pond Dreaming of their heroes Alligator and crocodile -- Vern Rutsala "Poetry in Motion" p77 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
