[Desktop13.04-Topic] Integrate a Paper Cuts toolbelt into ubuntu-dev-tools

[Benjamin Drung]

Am Mittwoch, den 24.10.2012, 12:17 -0400 schrieb Andrew
Starr-Bochicchio:
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Chris Wilson <notgary at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > If the paper cutters were to develop such a tool, would it be considered for
> > integration into the ubuntu-dev-tools package?
> 
> I'm forwarding this over to devel as you'll more likely get an
> authoritative answer there than on desktop. My initial reaction though
> is that it would be better off in its own package. I don't think we'd
> want to have GTK as a dependency of ubuntu-dev-tools as it is
> sometimes used in chroots and on servers.

I agree. ubuntu-dev-tools is a set of command-line tools and therefore
should not pull in GTK+ or Qt. So I recommend to put this GUI tool in
its own package.

> > On 24 October 2012 13:23, Chris Wilson <notgary at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Blueprint:
> >> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/papercuts-toolbelt
> >>
> >> In order for the Hundred Paper Cuts project to stay healthy, it needs a
> >> constant flow of new bugs, several hundred each cycle, for people to work
> >> on. Making it easier to report paper cuts will help keep the reports
> >> flowing, and a desktop utility bundled with ubuntu-dev-tools could help with
> >> this.
> >>
> >> A simple graphical tool that provides an interface for reporting new paper
> >> cuts, with fields customized for paper cut bug reports. ubuntu-bug send a
> >> lot of information that is not necessary for these kinds of problems.
> >>
> >> An application picker (I think GTK3 has a pretty good one) that will list
> >> all the applications installed on the system that are covered by the paper
> >> cuts project. When the user chooses one, relevant data about the version of
> >> the app, installed plugins, etc, will be added to the report.
> >>
> >> The ability to add multiple screenshots using Ubuntu's built-in screenshot
> >> utility, but the action will be initiated from the reporting utility, so
> >> screenshots are added directly to the report before it's sent.
> >>
> >> When the report is send, it will be automatically filed against both the
> >> paper cuts project and the app in question, and the Paper Cuts Ninja team
> >> will automatically receive an email saying there's a new bug been reported.
> >>
> >> These features will speed up the process of reporting new paper cuts - it
> >> should take only a few seconds from start to finish.

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Benjamin Drung
Debian & Ubuntu Developer