[Reportbug-maint] Bug#612106: reportbug: Please default to continuing when package doesn't exist, or offer option to do so

[Josh Triplett]

Package: reportbug
Version: 4.12.6
Severity: normal

I quite often hit the "This package does not appear to be installed;
continue with this report [y|N|q|?]?" prompt, which defaults to "no".
I often end up reporting bugs on uninstalled packages, either because I
need to report the bug from a different system, or because I want to
report a bug on a component of d-i or similar, or due to a bug that
prevents installing the package.  Please consider either defaulting this
question to "Yes" or offering an option to do so, preferably the former.

Thanks,
Josh Triplett

-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
EDITOR="/home/josh/.local/bin/vim-wrapper"
DEBEMAIL="josh at joshtriplett.org"
EMAIL="josh at joshtriplett.org"
DEBFULLNAME="Josh Triplett"
NAME="Josh Triplett"
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/josh/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "3.21.2"
mode advanced
ui text
no-cc
header "X-Debbugs-CC: josh at joshtriplett.org"
smtphost reportbug.debian.org:587
header "X-Debbugs-No-Ack: ack!"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.37-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                     0.8.10.3         Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                  2.6.6-3+squeeze5 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:
pn  debconf-utils                <none>      (no description available)
ii  debsums                      2.0.48+nmu3 tool for verification of installed
pn  dlocate                      <none>      (no description available)
ii  emacs23-bin-common           23.2+1-7    The GNU Emacs editor's shared, arc
ii  file                         5.04-5      Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                        1.4.10-4    GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
pn  postfix | exim4 | mail-trans <none>      (no description available)
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)
pn  python-vte                   <none>      (no description available)
ii  xdg-utils                    1.1.0~rc1-1 desktop integration utilities from

-- no debconf information