On Tue, 27 Jul 2010, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 04:56:03PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > With a free form field called "System specific information, please paste > > here the output of “reportbug --template <package>”". > > > > That could even be reasonable. > > Except many people won't bother doing that.
The CGI could verify that the field is not empty and that it contains the usual reportbug markers (like "-- System Information:"). > I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with a webinterface, but > perhaps make it easier to find that webinterface if people use > reportbug. That is, have a desktop icon "file a bug" that causes > reportbug to gather the necessary information from the local system, > submit an HTTP request with template information over SOAP or some such, > receive an HTTP URL from the server, and then fire off sensible-browser > with said URL to allow the user to fill in whatever needs to be filled > in. That's another interesting alternative. But it requires status storage on the server between the SOAP request and the HTTP request coming from the user's browser. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer ◈ [Flattr=20693] Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100727160442.ga31...@rivendell
