apport-collect fails to discourage users from sending results to random bugs
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apport (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Martin Pitt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: apport
apport-collect is a very useful tool for submitting additional requested information against an existing bug. And it is very annoying when random people use it to submit irrelevant information to bugs that have nothing to do with them.
https:/
- they didn't submit
- they're not subscribed to
- is marked as a duplicate
It is my firm belief that users who aren't already involved in Ubuntu (they have karma, or are the submitter, or are a member of the bug triage or development teams) shouldn't have access to make such drive-by comments in Launchpad. But barring that, I think apport-collect should not facilitate them doing this.
ProblemType: Bug
ApportLog:
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 20 09:38:08 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: apport 1.9.3-0ubuntu4.1
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: apport
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic x86_64
Changed in apport (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
In Karmic we fixed apport-collect to ask
You are not the reporter of bug 12345
Is that really the bug you want to update? [y/N]
However, I agree that we should outright refuse operation if one of the other conditions (duplicate or not subscribed) is true.