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[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <mail@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: unity
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: unity
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Packman (gz)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029471

Title:
  Apport add_info hook should not add ppa version as tag

Status in Unity:
  In Progress
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Users trying to report a bug on unity when it comes from a ppa such as
  ppa:sil2100/quantal (currently at version 6.0.0-0ubuntu5~test1) get an
  ugly error from apport, then if they try the fallback method get an
  ugly error from launchpad. See for instance bug 1024836 comment 3,
  which also involves further apport fallout on quantal.

  This is because launchpad enforces tags are in a particular form:

      "Tags must start with a letter or number and be lowercase. The
  characters "+", "-" and "." are also allowed after the first
  character."

  However, debian policy also allows ":" and "~" in package versions:

      <http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-
  controlfields#s-f-Version>

  The unity apport hook should either not add the version as a tag (it
  appears prominently in the Package field anyway, along with a
  reference to ppa origin), or should ensure the tag is in fact valid.

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