Re: [Launchpad-users] why is that it has been made difficult toreport bugs in launchpad

["Charlie Poole" <charlie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, I didn't understand the context of the statement.

Charlie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jonathan.lange@xxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:jonathan.lange@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lange
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:14 PM
> To: Charlie Poole
> Cc: launchpad-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Launchpad-users] why is that it has been made 
> difficult toreport bugs in launchpad
> 
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Charlie Poole 
> <charlie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >> It is possible to report bug directly from the launchpad 
> website, but 
> >> it is preferred that you use apport. I use:
> >>   apport -f -p package
> >
> > Can you explain this further? Why is it preferred?
> >
> 
> If you are going to file a bug ***on a package in Ubuntu*** 
> then it's preferred that you use apport or ubuntu-bug. The 
> Ubuntu platform team strongly prefer it, since it guarantees 
> a certain minimal amount of information in the bug report and 
> can help prevent duplicates.
> 
> If you are filing a bug on a regular software project hosted 
> on Launchpad, then just use the webapp, following any 
> instructions that the project maintainers have put there.
> 
> jml
>