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[Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 07:13:48PM -0400, Stephen M. Webb wrote:
> On 2016-09-13 06:34 PM, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote:
> > I have seen a couple of bug reports which I suspect there were bots or mechanical turks:
> > 
> > - (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ktp-accounts-kcm/+bug/1622497)
> > 
> > - (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-lockfile/+bug/1591541)
> 
> I'm curious why you think there are bots involved in those bugs?  My untrained eye sees nothing out of the ordinary.

I guess they might seem like bots because they are automated and
mechanical reports, but that is intentional!  The formatting of these
bug reports is done by apport and they are about package installation
failures.  The information added by apport is generally much more useful
than anything the reporter tells us.

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Brian Murray
Ubuntu Bug Master

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