[Reportbug-maint] Bug#598161: reportbug: errormessage "you have composed an ITP.." but user selection was RFP - not ITP

Jonas Stein news at jonasstein.de
Mon Sep 27 01:14:12 UTC 2010


Package: reportbug
Version: 4.12.6
Severity: minor

reproduce:
reportbug wnpp
select 5 for RFP
dont change fields

User gets message:
Wrong line:   Version         : x.y.z
Wrong line:   Upstream Author : Name <somebody at example.org>
Wrong line: * URL             : http://www.example.org/
Wrong line: * License         : (GPL, LGPL, BSD, MIT/X, etc.)
Wrong line:   Programming Lang: (C, C++, C#, Perl, Python, etc.)
ERROR: you have composed an ITP with fields unchanged from the template; this will NOT be submitted. You should edit all fields so they contain correct
values for your ITP (e to edit) [E|q|?]? 

to fit on all options it should read like:
ERROR: fields have not been changed from the template; this will NOT be submitted. Please edit all fields so they contain correct
values (e to edit) [E|q|?]?



-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/stein/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "4.2"
mode novice
ui text
realname "Jonas Stein"
email "news at jonasstein.de"
smtphost "smtp.netcologne.de"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                           0.7.25.3   Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                        2.6.5-13   interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-reportbug              4.12.6     Python modules for interacting wit

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
ii  debconf-utils        1.5.35              debconf utilities
pn  debsums              <none>              (no description available)
pn  dlocate              <none>              (no description available)
ii  emacs23-bin-common   23.2+1-4            The GNU Emacs editor's shared, arc
ii  exim4-daemon-light [ 4.72-1              lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
ii  file                 5.04-5              Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                1.4.10-4            GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  python-gtk2          2.17.0-4            Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
pn  python-gtkspell      <none>              (no description available)
pn  python-urwid         <none>              (no description available)
ii  python-vte           1:0.24.3-1          Python bindings for the VTE widget
ii  xdg-utils            1.0.2+cvs20100307-2 desktop integration utilities from

-- no debconf information





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