Just as a small status update, since yesterday apport ships an 'ubuntu- bug' program in /usr/bin which allows you to file a bug against the distro (with just 'ubuntu-bug') or a package ('ubuntu-bug -p package').
-- Ubuntu bug reporting tools need to point to Ubuntu bug systems https://launchpad.net/bugs/7839 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs