[Bug 1239466] Re: crash reporting popup doesn't show up on second and following crashes, despite "ignore future..." checkbox not being checked

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  crash reporting popup doesn't show up on second and following crashes,
  despite "ignore future..." checkbox not being checked

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When some "internal" (?) program of Ubuntu crashes, you get a popup window that says something like:
  "Some internal Ubuntu program have crashed bla bla bla".
  There are two checkboxes (the text are not exact, I'm trying to remember them):
  - report this problem so that bla bla bla (checked by default)
  - ignore future crashes (unchecked by default)
  and there's a "details" button which lets you see what have crashed.

  This popup is useful because (a) you know for sure that the report is
  being sent, and (b) it's the only way to know that something has
  crashed and (c) what exactly.

  Now, the issue is that, despite I DON'T CHECK the "ignore future
  crashes" checkbox, the popup window is never shown again when the same
  program crashes again, which is pretty annoying because (a) you no
  longer know for sure when the same program crashes again (you can only
  guess from circumstantial clues), and (b) then what's the purpose of
  the "ignore future crashes" checkbox?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: apport 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-31.46-generic 3.8.13.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-31-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportLog:

  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.4
  Architecture: i386
  CrashReports:
   664:1000:125:0:2013-10-12 01:37:36.612241857 +0200:2013-10-12 01:37:36.612241857 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_lib_thunderbird_thunderbird.1000.upload
   640:1000:125:20541981:2013-10-12 13:04:19.543400049 +0200:2013-10-12 13:04:20.543400049 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_lib_thunderbird_thunderbird.1000.crash
  Date: Mon Oct 14 00:49:46 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-06-23 (1208 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-08-10 (64 days ago)

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