** Summary changed: - 'ubuntu-bug /var/crash/app.crash' should still allow manual bug filing + 'ubuntu-bug /var/crash/app.crash' (and even more so, 'apport-cli -c /var/crash/app.crash') should still allow manual bug filing
** Description changed: - The crash database work has made it much harder for users to enable - apport bug filing for crashes, even for those who could otherwise - contribute useful bug reports. "Comment out line 23 of - /etc/apport/crashdb.conf" is not particularly straightforward. + --- + WORKAROUND: + comment out line 23 ("'problem_types': ['Bug', 'Package'],") in '/etc/apport/crashdb.conf'. + --- + The crash database work has made it much harder for users to enable apport bug filing for crashes, even for those who could otherwise contribute useful bug reports. "Comment out line 23 of /etc/apport/crashdb.conf" is not particularly straightforward. - One thing that would mitigate this is if users could still run 'ubuntu- - bug /var/crash/application.crash' to manually submit a bug report about - a given crash. The fact that this is also disabled by the crashdb - settings is a tad inconvenient. I think the manual command should be - allowed to work even post-release. - + One thing that would mitigate this is if the users could still run one of the following commands to manually submit a bug report about a given crash: + 1) 'ubuntu-bug /var/crash/application.crash'; + 2) and even more so, 'apport-cli -c /var/crash/app.crash' (as for now, it quietly exits without explanation after pressing the 'S' key instead of sending a crash report, as stated in duplicate bug #992064). + The fact that this is also disabled by the crashdb settings is a tad inconvenient. I think the manual command should be allowed to work even post-release. + --- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 017452a27eca3c8b498abbfa5ef91db9 CheckboxSystem: ecaaad6fa1e0799a0aa1126bf620f39e Date: Fri May 4 17:17:43 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: apport UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-08 (178 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994921 Title: 'ubuntu-bug /var/crash/app.crash' (and even more so, 'apport-cli -c /var/crash/app.crash') should still allow manual bug filing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/994921/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs