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and subject line Close: Several glitches with the reportbug GTK2 UI
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: reportbug
Version: 4.0
Severity: normal
Hi,
I am currently trying reportbug and it is great to finally have a full-fledged
GTK+ interface.
Nevertheless, there are several usability issues with it that I’d like to help
you fixing.
Sorry for not opening a bug report for each of them, but that makes many and we
could
do this only for those that are long to fix.
1. No .desktop file
It would be nice to ship a reportbug.desktop file for the
freedesktop-compatible menus.
I am attaching one; it needs to be processed with intltool for translation, and
the icon
should probably be changed (I’ve put the bug-buddy one since it’s the only one
I could
think of).
2. Focus issues
In each page of the assistant, the default action is not set. I’m not
completely familiar
with the GtkAssistant API, but from what I understand you need to call
set_page_complete()
so that the status is updated and pressing <Enter> will go to the next page.
3. Choosing default interface
The configuration assistant lets you choose the default interface between text
and gtk2.
I think this is pretty awkward. If you run it in the terminal, you probably
expect the text
interface, and if you run it from the menu, you expect the GTK+ interface.
4. Almost empty pages
It would be nice to put, when it is possible, several objects on one
GtkAssistant page. For
example, the name and email could be asked together.
5. Default name and email
The default name and email proposed by the interface appear in brackets, but
you can’t
click "Next" and use these defaults. Instead of doing that, I suggest to put
them as the
default content of the text input field.
A related issue is that the SMTP user configuration item cannot be empty.
6. Impossible to go back
Once you have chosen a bug report to provide additional information, going back
doesn’t
work. All pages of the assistant appear insensitive.
7. Using the SMTP
There is no need to configure the SMTP when in GUI mode, while it has already
been
configured in the user’s mailer. Even worse, if you are using a complicated
setup (like
SMTP with authentication over SSL, or Evolution on MS Exchange), it is possible
that it
won’t be supported at all.
Let me suggest an alternative approach that re-uses the email client
configuration
instead. You just need to call something like this:
import urllib, subprocess
subject = urllib.quote (subject)
body = urllib.quote (prefilled_report)
version = urllib.quote (reportbug_version)
uri =
'mailto:%s?subject=%s&body=%s&X-Reportbug-Version=%s'%(email_address,subject,body,version)
subprocess.Popen (["xdg-email", uri])
This will work with most desktop email clients, and it can easily be made to
work even if
the client is mutt in a terminal.
It would also allow to get rid of two related issues:
- the "common issues with reportbug" text could be dropped, since there
wouldn’t be
any such issues
- the report editing interface could be completely ditched in favor of letting
the user deal
with his favorite mailer
I know, that makes a lot of issues, but all quite small. We are pretty close to
having a really
nice graphical bug reporting tool.
-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
EDITOR="nano -t"
DEBEMAIL="j...@debian.org"
INTERFACE="gtk2"
** /home/joss/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "4.0"
mode expert
ui gtk2
smtphost "localhost:2525"
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii apt 0.7.20.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii python 2.5.2-3 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-reportbug 4.0 Python modules for interacting wit
reportbug recommends no packages.
Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn debconf-utils <none> (no description available)
pn debsums <none> (no description available)
pn dlocate <none> (no description available)
ii exim4 4.69-9 metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4)
ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.69-9 lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
ii file 4.26-2 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gnupg 1.4.9-3 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii python-gtk2 2.14.1-1 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
pn python-urwid <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
[Desktop Entry]
_Name=Report a bug
_Comment=File a bug against a Debian package
Exec=reportbug --ui gtk2
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=bug-buddy
Categories=GTK;System;
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 4.4
Most of the issues have been fixed along the released versions of reportbug,
so I'm closing the bug. The other issues such as:
- Almost empty pages (includes checkboxes instead of yes/no dialogs)
- Impossible to go back
- XDG mail
The above ones need a huge refactoring. Please submit separate bugs if
needed, instead of reopening.
Thanks.
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