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Bug#978398: reportbug: add src: shortcut for --source option



Package: reportbug
Version: 7.9.0
Severity: wishlist

Sometimes when I am on a bug page I want to file another bug, but
against the source package, so I copy-paste src:foo but then reportbug
doesn't accept that on the command-line.

Similarly when I want to report a bug against a source package, I go to
a terminal and type `reportbug src:foo` since I very rarely remember
the --source option exists and src:foo is more familiar from BTS pages.

Similarly when I start reportbug without arguments I then sometimes
want to be able to report a bug against a source package but reportbug
doesn't accept src:foo in the package selection prompt.

It would be nice to have a src: shortcut for --source option and a src:
shortcut for the package name selection prompt.

   $ reportbug
   Please enter the name of the package in which you have found a problem,
   or type 'other' to report a more general problem. If you don't know
   what package the bug is in, please contact
   debian-user@lists.debian.org for assistance.
   > src:reportbug
   src:reportbug is not a valid package name.
   ...
   
   $ reportbug src:reportbug
   Detected character set: UTF-8
   Please change your locale if this is incorrect.
   
   Using 'Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>' as your from address.
   Getting status for src:reportbug...
   W: Unable to locate package src:reportbug
   No matching source or binary packages.
   ...

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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