[Bug 359810] Re: xorg-server (Ubuntu) guidelines give impossible advice

2009-04-14 Thread Brian Murray
While this fixes the particular issue with xorg-server there are many other source packages in Launchpad all of which would need to have a different binary package name for the guided bug filing instructions to work with 'ubuntu-bug'. I don't think this scales well at all and that apport should be

[Bug 359810] Re: xorg-server (Ubuntu) guidelines give impossible advice

2009-04-14 Thread Martin Pitt
I updated it to say "ubuntu-bug -p xserver-xorg-core". I kept the -p for now, so that it still works under Hardy (the Jaunty version doesn't need the -p any more). ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- xorg-server (Ubuntu) guidelines give impossible advice https://

[Bug 359810] Re: xorg-server (Ubuntu) guidelines give impossible advice

2009-04-13 Thread Brian Murray
Well, actually its only the Ubuntu drivers who can set the guidelines (yes, there is some lp bug about this). What currently happens - having the bug filed about Launchpad and being contact by Launchpad QA seems fine to me until that bug is resolved. -- xorg-server (Ubuntu) guidelines give impos

Re: [Bug 359810] Re: xorg-server (Ubuntu) guidelines give impossible advice

2009-04-13 Thread Scott Kitterman
OK. I'd have guessed you or bryce. I'm involved enough in Ubuntu development to have some idea who to talk to. It seems very odd to me though that this be is Invalid in LP because it's not an aspect of LP that LP developers control. How is an end user who sees a problem with the bug reporting

[Bug 359810] Re: xorg-server (Ubuntu) guidelines give impossible advice

2009-04-13 Thread Brian Murray
If by them you mean the developers of apport the bug is currently in the proper place and I've subscribed pitti to it. For future reference if you are interested in updating the package bug guidelines for a specific package I'm probably the best person to talk to. -- xorg-server (Ubuntu) guideli

Re: [Bug 359810] Re: xorg-server (Ubuntu) guidelines give impossible advice

2009-04-13 Thread Scott Kitterman
OK, so how is one supposed to communicate with them? What should the bug be against? -- xorg-server (Ubuntu) guidelines give impossible advice https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359810 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- u

[Bug 359810] Re: xorg-server (Ubuntu) guidelines give impossible advice

2009-04-13 Thread Brian Murray
I think the right way for this to be handled is to allow apport to allow filling bugs about source packages rather than updating the package bug guidelines for a source package to recommend using a binary package name (produced by the source package) for the package argument. -- xorg-server (Ubun

[Bug 359810] Re: xorg-server (Ubuntu) guidelines give impossible advice

2009-04-13 Thread Diogo Matsubara
Bug reporting guidelines are specific to the package and can be edited by the bug contact for that package. Marking as invalid. ** Changed in: launchpad Status: New => Invalid -- xorg-server (Ubuntu) guidelines give impossible advice https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359810 You received thi