Comment 8 for bug 80902

This issue is more complicated than current discussion implies. Here are some issues that came up in two aborted attempts to address this issue.

Retargeting a bug to Ubuntu is not good enough. There is very little chance that a bug targeted to Ubuntu will be properly triaged or ever fixed. A project bug needs to be retargeted to a source package. I am sure the user will not always know how to choose a source package, but the UI must provide this level of targeting to "move" a bug instead of placing a bug in limbo. Also not that you cannot retarget a bug to Ubuntu if Ubuntu or an Ubuntu source package is already targeted.

A two step picker could accomplish this but there are more complications, namely the package vocabulary is unusable. Searching for something like apt results in a "too-many-results" error. The vocabulary is prone to timeout. The packages do not have descriptions that inform the user about which to select...even if there is an exact match. The source package vocabulary and picker must be fixed first

The targeting to package scenario is not better. The project picker does not show me enough information to retarget a bug that contains sensitive information. for example, searching for "ubuntuone" shows me only two projects that are official to the projects, the other four are not. The picker needs to show me the Launchpad-Id, owner, maybe project group too to convince me that my decision is correct.

I have a cunning plan. The disclosure feature intends to address the trust issue with the picker. The vocabularies will be changed address sorting and relevance. This bug could be fixed as a part of that effort; If someone were to provide a patch that did allow proper retargeting today, the picker would still be reviewed and updated as a part of disclosure effort to provide trusted pickers.