[Bug 1797302] [NEW] ubuntu-bug doesn't provide a way of just getting the URL to report a bug

[Dan Watkins]

Public bug reported:

I use more than one browser profile, only one of which is logged in to
Launchpad.  When using ubuntu-bug to report a bug, it will open the page
in whichever one happened to be focused last.  If this browser profile
isn't logged in to Launchpad, it will redirect me to a login page.  It
is impossible, as far as I can tell, to reconstruct the original URL in
order to copy/paste it in to a browser profile which _is_ logged in to
Launchpad.

It would be good if ubuntu-bug could either display the URL it is
opening before it opens it in the UI.

(An acceptable workaround for me (as I generally launch ubuntu-bug from
a terminal) would be to write the URL to stdout.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: apport 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-8.9-generic 4.18.7
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportLog:
 
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Oct 11 00:31:45 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-23 (352 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-09-10 (30 days ago)

** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic

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Title:
  ubuntu-bug doesn't provide a way of just getting the URL to report a
  bug

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I use more than one browser profile, only one of which is logged in to
  Launchpad.  When using ubuntu-bug to report a bug, it will open the
  page in whichever one happened to be focused last.  If this browser
  profile isn't logged in to Launchpad, it will redirect me to a login
  page.  It is impossible, as far as I can tell, to reconstruct the
  original URL in order to copy/paste it in to a browser profile which
  _is_ logged in to Launchpad.

  It would be good if ubuntu-bug could either display the URL it is
  opening before it opens it in the UI.

  (An acceptable workaround for me (as I generally launch ubuntu-bug
  from a terminal) would be to write the URL to stdout.)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
  Package: apport 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-8.9-generic 4.18.7
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportLog:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Oct 11 00:31:45 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-23 (352 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-09-10 (30 days ago)

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