Package: reportbug Version: 6.3.1 Severity: normal When using reportbug, if a user mistakenly chooses an option that won't work, s/he may loose their complete text that they've just typed.
For example, I just tried to report a bug for another package. After having written my bug report, I chose "report the bug with email" thinking it would open an icedove compose email window, but instead tried to use smtp. when this failed I was confronted with a dialog that said this had failed and asked if I would like to retry. retrying doesn't help of course, and answering no puts you on a screen where you can "press enter to quit report bug", and my bug report was gone. I tried again, this time choosing the option "choose mailer", thinking I would get the choice of icedove with that, but only got mutt & co. and again no "back" button so I could choose something else (grrr...). I again came to a screen where my only choice was to quit and loose my bug report for a second time (double grrr...). On the third try I knew enough so simply save the bug report and copy & paste in into my icedove compose window myself. Having "cancel" and "back" buttons would alleviate this and probably other user unfriendly problems when the user mistakenly chooses the wrong option. It's usually pretty standard that a user can go "back" if they see that their previous choice has led them somewhere where they cannot continue. Data loss is always lame. -j -- Package-specific info: ** Environment settings: INTERFACE="gtk2" ** /home/josh/.reportbugrc: reportbug_version "2.18" mode advanced ui text realname "josh buhl" email "jbuhl_nos...@gmx.de" smtphost "mailin.uni-bonn.de" -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages reportbug depends on: ii apt 0.8.15.9 ii python <none> ii python-reportbug 6.3.1 reportbug recommends no packages. Versions of packages reportbug suggests: ii debconf-utils <none> ii debsums <none> ii dlocate 1.02 ii emacs23-bin-common 23.3+1-4 ii exim4 4.77-1 ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent] 4.77-1+b1 ii file 5.09-2 ii gnupg 1.4.11-3 ii python-gtk2 2.24.0-2 ii python-gtkspell <none> ii python-urwid <none> ii python-vte 1:0.28.2-3 ii xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1-3 Versions of packages python-reportbug depends on: ii apt 0.8.15.9 ii python <none> ii python-debian 0.1.21 ii python-debianbts 1.10 ii python-support 1.0.14 python-reportbug suggests no packages. -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
