[Reportbug-maint] Bug#538401: when adding extra information to bug reported by somebody else offer to subscribe and cc submitter

[chaica at ohmytux.com]

Hi,

Thanks for your wish. Later versions of reportbug send to you a copy
when you reply to an existing bug report.

Bye,
Carl Chenet


> It seems that reportbug simply sends mail to nnn at bugs.
> 
> However, if I am not reporter of the bug I will not get any furter email
> unless others replying to the report manually CC me, and if I am not the
> submitter only the maintainer will get the message, not the submitter.
> 
> It would be very useful if reportbug offered the option to CC the
> submitter and the option to subscribe to further replies.
> 
> I am sure it is possible with the Debian BTS by just modifying the
> address to which the report is sent and perhaps adding one or two CCs.
> 
> 
> -- Package-specific info:
> ** Environment settings:
> INTERFACE="text"
> 
> ** /home/hramrach/.reportbugrc:
> reportbug_version "3.39"
> mode standard
> ui text
> realname "Michal Suchanek"
> email "hramrach at centrum.cz"
> no-cc
> header "X-Debbugs-CC: hramrach at centrum.cz"
> smtphost smtp.upcmail.cz
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 5.0.2
>   APT prefers stable
>   APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (500, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> 
> Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
> ii  apt                           0.7.21     Advanced front-end for dpkg
> ii  python                        2.5.2-3    An interactive high-level object-o
> ii  python-central                0.6.11     register and build utility for Pyt
> 
> reportbug recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
> pn  debconf-utils             <none>         (no description available)
> ii  debsums                   2.0.36         verification of installed package 
> pn  dlocate                   <none>         (no description available)
> ii  file                      4.26-1         Determines file type using "magic"
> ii  gnupg                     1.4.9-3+lenny1 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
> ii  nbsmtp [mail-transport-ag 1.00-4         Simple MTA to send your mails to a
> pn  python-urwid              <none>         (no description available)
> 
> -- debconf-show failed
>