Re: Bug#242419: general: need for a webbased BTS
Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> writes:
>> No so. It is entirely possible to compose a bug report in a
>> web-based mail system from scratch, without copying anything from
>> reportbug.
>
> Of course, but then the important bits (version, dependencies,
> debconf stuff) is either missing or has to be filled in by hand.
> This isn't what I call "easily".
Solution: Provide a tool as part of the reportbug package that
collects this information and dumps it to stdout. Provide instructions
in the web frontend what to type at the prompt and have user paste it
into the form.
-Hilko
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