Debian Bug reports
Using an email template
From the How to report a bug in Debian using email section of
How to report a bug in Debian:
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
From: varac@example.org
Subject: Hello says `goodbye'
Package: hello
Version: 1.3-16
When I…
Using reportbug
Install
Debian / Ubuntu:
apt-get install reportbug
Arch: Package depends on dpkg and apt, so it should rather not get
installed on Arch distributions ?
Config
reportbug reads ~/.reportbugrc
Options
reportbug PACKAGE
reportbug --no-query-bts PACKAGE
WNPP
Work-Needing and Prospective Packages, including RFP (request for package)
- Debian Wiki: WNPP
- Work-Needing and Prospective Packages
- Debian Wiki: RFP
- Debian bugtracker: All WNPP packages
For a RFP, simply report a bug against the pseudo-package wnpp:
reportbug wnpp
If you already checked that there are no already reported requests for this package:
reportbug wnpp --no-query-bts
Query BTS
querybts
querybts wnpp --latest-first