Re: Is there any issue with reportbug in unstabl or bugs.debian.org?

Camaleón wrote:
Darac Marjal wrote:
While a web-based interface may be nice, I think that where debian's bug
reporting excels is in the 'reportbug' program. It's not just a program
that sends emails to a single address, but it provides a good guide
through the bug-reporting process, namely encouraging you to check that
the bug is not already raised, checking that the version of the package
you're reporting against isn't out of date and also collecting useful
information for the developers (changed configuration, usually).

Did you recently fill a bug on a bugzilla-alike bug tracking system?

It does not only allows what you mention but it enhances the reporter
experience by allowing a higher level of configuration and customization
on almost any aspect, not only for the UI (bugs alerts are just great).

Some of that, a web based solution just can't do (as easily).

Ha! Of course it can.

(shock, surprise) You are saying that filling out a web form in a
browser can run processes on the local host machine and send data to
the internet? No it can't or it would be a severe security
vulnerability. Please list any browser that allows this so that I can
file the appropriately severe security bugs against them.

And bugzilla does not tend to crash when writing bug reports >:-)

In fact, I usually avoid using "reportbug" because of its high
instability (it's annoying having to re-do a full report several
times...) and finally send the report "manually" -by e-mail- which is not
a task for newcomers neither encourages people to write bug reports ;-(

I have never ever seen reportbug crash. Since it is just a python
script I would think that an actual crash would be quite difficult.

I am hoping you filed a bug report on reportbug crashing! :-)

Bob

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