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[Benjamin Drung <2116732@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

It would be useful to have a common data format for issue reports.
Currently Apport uses a DEB822 problem report format. systemd-coredump
stores its report in the journal.

My idea is to have a common data format for issue reports that can be
used across distributions and bug tracker platforms.

Ideas for the data format:
* FlatBuffers
* Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR)

Discarded formats:
* DEB822: it's only used in Debian land
* JSON: There is no need for a text format. User can use a tool to format the binary format
* MessagePack: CBOR seems to be better
* Protocol Buffers: FlatBuffers supports random access reads

Whats your opinion on that idea?

** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New

** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: dcr-freezer

** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Common data format for issue reports

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  It would be useful to have a common data format for issue reports.
  Currently Apport uses a DEB822 problem report format. systemd-coredump
  stores its report in the journal.

  My idea is to have a common data format for issue reports that can be
  used across distributions and bug tracker platforms.

  Ideas for the data format:
  * FlatBuffers
  * Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR)

  Discarded formats:
  * DEB822: it's only used in Debian land
  * JSON: There is no need for a text format. User can use a tool to format the binary format
  * MessagePack: CBOR seems to be better
  * Protocol Buffers: FlatBuffers supports random access reads

  Whats your opinion on that idea?

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