[Bug 1334] Re: Separate "also affects: " Project and Distribution links are hard to use and confusing

[Colin Watson]

** Also affects: man-db (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** No longer affects: man-db (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Separate "also affects: " Project and Distribution links are hard to
  use and confusing

Status in Launchpad itself:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Launchpad bug report pages currently feature an "+ Also affects project…" link to a page headed "Record as affecting another project", and an "+ Also affects distribution…" link to a page headed "Also affects distribution/package". People are unlikely to understand these, and especially unlikely to be able to choose the right option without reading an explanation of each.
  <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2007-November/002451.html>
  <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-server/2008-October/002319.html>

  Therefore, these two links should be merged, letting you choose on a
  single page whether the bug affects another product, distribution, or
  distribution package. This single page can contain text helping people
  understand which option to choose.

  Ideally, this page would be an expandable section of the bug page
  itself.

  It may save time to fix this bug at the same time as bug 117460, bug
  158732, and bug 244998. Fixing this bug would also fix bug 294270.

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