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Create `xubuntu-bug` #2

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knomepasi opened this issue Oct 23, 2024 · 0 comments

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knomepasi commented Oct 23, 2024 •

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To improve bug reporting, create xubuntu-bug, a wrapper for apport.

Currently, a selection of symptoms is presented when running apport without a package parameter. Apport populates these symptoms from /usr/share/apport/symptoms, which is defined in the APPORT_SYMPTOMS_DIR environment variable. The symptoms come from the apport-symptoms package.

When running, override APPORT_SYMPTOMS_DIR with a Xubuntu-specific symptoms directory
If desired, symptoms from the main Ubuntu directory can be symlinked to the Xubuntu directory
Populate the Xubuntu symptoms directory with a more user-friendly list of symptoms

Initial draft for more user-friendly symptoms list:

The system does not work as expected or crashed
- Next question: crash or bug?
An application does not work as expected or crashed
- Next question: crash or bug?
- Can we determine which application/package with autocomplete at this stage?
- Symptom scripts can determine last PID and stuff?
There was an error in the installation
I don't know
- File to xubuntu-meta

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Apport appends "Other problem" to the list of symptoms, but "Other problem" dead-ends the bug reporting by showing a dialog with the message You need to specify a pakcage or a PID. See --help for more information. How do we remove this option?

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