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[RichardNeill <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

The ubuntu bug reporting system is rather badly broken, because when I
run ubuntu-bug/apport-bug, it gathers data, then opens a new blank
firefox window, but does not connect to launchpad!

The root cause is this one:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exo/+bug/1427144
which basically means that apport needs to invoke firefox with a different set of options.

This should be trivial to fix, but I think it's rather important, especially given how hard it is to get a direct report into Launchpad, and all the redirects that emphasise using the ubuntu-bug tool: 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

(I'm reporting this from Ubuntu Wily, though I think I recall seeing it in Vivid)
Apport version is:  2.17.3-0ubuntu4

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


** Tags: irony

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1464053

Title:
  ubuntu-bug is itself broken

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The ubuntu bug reporting system is rather badly broken, because when I
  run ubuntu-bug/apport-bug, it gathers data, then opens a new blank
  firefox window, but does not connect to launchpad!

  The root cause is this one:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exo/+bug/1427144
  which basically means that apport needs to invoke firefox with a different set of options.

  This should be trivial to fix, but I think it's rather important, especially given how hard it is to get a direct report into Launchpad, and all the redirects that emphasise using the ubuntu-bug tool: 
  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

  (I'm reporting this from Ubuntu Wily, though I think I recall seeing it in Vivid)
  Apport version is:  2.17.3-0ubuntu4

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