ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Joseph Liau <joseph@xxxxxxx>]

On 16-04-17 04:05 PM, Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> On 17 April 2016 at 23:44, Joseph Liau <joseph@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I would like to be able to report bugs easily from the ubuntu device.
>>
>> The current workflow is:
>> -Open browser
>> -Search for bug or project on launchpad. -Report bug if allowed...
>>
>> I often struggle to find the appropriate project to report the bug, or in my
>> case now, there doesnt seem to be the option to report bugs for the
>> webbrowser-app.
> The 'canonical' answer so far is consult this list, which lists and
> links to the correct bug filing location for each component on the
> phone. If there's something missing, let us know and we can add it.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Avengers
This is great. Thanks!
>
> I certainly think there's room for a "Report a bug" app in the store.
> It could pull from a list of projects online somewhere (maybe in
> launchpad) and just present a drop-down list of projects. When chosen
> a brief description (maybe also from launchpad) appears with a [Report
> Bug] button. If the user is confident they have the right app, they
> hit the button and are taken to launchpad.
>
> There could be a catch-all "I don't know where to file this" option
> too, but files the bug anyway, and we triage/move it.
>
> Shouldn't be a terribly hard app to create. It could be developed
> quickly and more easily without any hooks to launchpad, but just a
> fixed list initially. As we don't change components/apps on the device
> that often.
>
> Could be a nice small community project.
Very nice idea. Unfortunately, I do not have the skills to do this yet,
but I will attempt if someone else doesn't want to pick up the task ;)

>
> Cheers,