Re: Getting good bug reports

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

I wrote:
> Brian May writes ("Re: Getting good bug reports"):
> > [ explanation of how reportbug is broken right now ]
> 
> We could solve this if we can avoid the slippery slope problem.
> 
> Or to put it another way, I would have no objection to an http
> submission interface to the BTS, provided that everyone understands
> and agrees that:
> 
>  * This interface is to be used only by reportbug
> 
>  * If any other bug reporting tool is written it needs separate
>    consensus approval here (consensus as determined by owner@bugs)
> 
>  * Specifically, no-one is to write any web forms or GUIs which allow
>    users to file bug reports in the Debian BTS.

I would also suggest that the protocol documentation should be in the
reportbug package, not on the bugs.debian.org website.  And it should
include the restrictions I describe above (or some other wording that
owner@bugs approves of).

Ian.