[Reportbug-maint] Bug#801545: reportbug picks debian-backports submission address inappropriately

[Sandro Tosi]

On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 11:02 PM, Dominic Hargreaves <dom at earth.li> wrote:
> Package: reportbug
> Version: 6.6.3
> Severity: normal
>
> When filing # I had to manually save a draft and send the message via

what is the package that generates this behavior for you? what version
do you haev installed of that pkg?

> mutt to fix the incorrect submission address of
> debian-backports at lists.debian.org.
>
> The bug appears both in the version of libreoffice in stable and
> in backports.
>
> I manually corrected the Version: to reflect that the bug was

changing the version in the bug report body wont change a thing, as
the recipient is already determined at that point.

> present in stable, but it appears that reportbug either picked this
> address based on the version of the installed package, or is picking
> up the bpo versions from the 'installed packages' section. Either way,
> it's unhelpful behaviour.

well, if it's a package from bpo it *is* the right behavior:
http://backports.debian.org/FAQ/

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