Debian Bug report logs - #455653
reportbug: When prompting for version, show available versions

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Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>

Subject: reportbug: When prompting for version, show available versions

Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:46:07 -0800

Package: reportbug
Version: 3.39
Severity: wishlist

When prompting for the version of the package a bug applies to, please
list the available versions and where they come from, similar to
apt-cache policy.  This would make it much easier to report a bug on
an uninstalled package, or on a package downgraded to deal with a bug.

- Josh Triplett

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-rc1 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                           0.7.9      Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                        2.4.4-6    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-central                0.5.15     register and build utility for Pyt

reportbug recommends no packages.

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Message #12 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>

To: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>

Cc: [email protected]

Subject: Re: reportbug: When prompting for version, show available versions

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:18:19 +0200

On 2007-12-10 19:46:07 -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> When prompting for the version of the package a bug applies to, please
> list the available versions and where they come from, similar to
> apt-cache policy.  This would make it much easier to report a bug on
> an uninstalled package, or on a package downgraded to deal with a bug.

The lack of this feature seems to cause some users to submit bugs
against an incorrect version. See

  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=586161#51

for instance.

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