launchpad/malone bug

[Karl Goetz]

Toby Kelsey wrote:
> If I browse launchpad and look at the 'synaptic' package:
>   https://launchpad.net/products/synaptic
> there are some bugs shown in the right-hand side "Latest bugs in synaptic:".
> 
> But if I go to the "bugs" page:
>   https://launchpad.net/products/synaptic/+bugs
> it reports "There's no open bugs currently."
> 
> If I also search on "all bugs ever reported":
>   https://launchpad.net/products/synaptic/+bugs?search=Search
> it reports "No results for search".
> 
> If I do an advanced search and check all boxes, including rejected and fixed bugs:
> https://launchpad.net/products/synaptic/+bugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-priority%2C-severity&field.status%3Alist=Unconfirmed&field.status%3Alist=Needs+Info&field.status%3Alist=Rejected&field.status%3Alist=Confirmed&field.status%3Alist=In+Progress&field.status%3Alist=Fix+Committed&field.status%3Alist=Fix+Released&assignee_option=any&field.assignee=&field.owner=&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch.used=&search=Search
> it reports "No results for search".

http://launchpad.net/distrosubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bugs should be
Ubuntus bugs on synaptic, and i agree, its not obvious.
kk

> 
> So how do I view all bugs reported against synaptic?  How is someone meant to
> confirm or fix a bug if they cannot find it?
> 
> On the first page there is some inconspicuous text 'Product status: Doesn’t use
> Malone', but when searching for bugs there is no message like "malone/launchpad
> does not track bugs for synaptic" or a link to an external bug-reporting page.
> It shouldn't just pretend there are no bugs.  This causes duplicate bug reports,
> and prevents people sharing work-arounds or finding the real bug-list.
> 
> This issue may already be reported as a bug against malone, but with 380
> currently open bugs it is a bit difficult to tell if it's in there.
> 
> It seems a bit odd that a core utility in main like synaptic has invisible bug
> reports and a minimal home-page with no bug-reporting mechanism.  It seems that
> bug-reports just disappear into the void.
> 
> Toby
> 


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Karl Goetz
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