Bug#653738: Configuration routine not run if a package specified on first run

** /home/user/j/jade/.reportbugrc: reportbug_version "7.5.1" mode standard ui text realname "Kay McCormick" -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-2-amd64 (SM

Bug#717563:

I managed to fix this (at least for the get_bugs case) but it required changes to python-debianbts package. I have included two patches for feedback. There are some caveats: * Other method calls need to be patched in reportbug/debbugs.py. * pysimplesoap will use alternatve http transport librarie

Bug#717563:

debianbts.get_bugs does not support passing of proxy into SoapClient. I would try to fix this but I am not sure right now of the correct approach. pysimplesoap uses httplib2 if it is available and if a specific transport library is not specified in the call to get_http_wrapper, which it is not in