launchpad/malone bug

[Karl Goetz]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Karl Goetz wrote:
> 
>> 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."
> ...
>> http://launchpad.net/distrosubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bugs should be
>> Ubuntus bugs on synaptic, and i agree, its not obvious.
> 
> Except that gets a 404 error.
>>> 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?
I missed a / - its
http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bugs
lesson learned - dont correct people tired ;)
kk

>>>
>>> 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.
> 
> There was when I clicked on "Report a bug": "synaptic does not use Malone as
> its bug tracker."
> 
> imo, _that_ is a bug.  Ubuntu apps should use the ubuntu bug tracker.  It's
> up to the ubuntu packagers to push bugs upstream as required.  I'm glad I
> don't use synaptic.


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Karl Goetz
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