On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 04:41:55PM -0400, RedSingularity wrote: > On 09/06/2011 11:12 AM, Brian Murray wrote: > >On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 12:27:03AM -0400, RedSingularity wrote: > >>I have been getting a lot of emails lately from the Apport Retracing > >>service. It looks like they are sent to everyone on the -control > >>mailing list. Is there a way to stop receiving these without > >>removing myself from the ML altogether? > >The team is subscribed to these bug reports by the apport retracing > >service when a bug report receives more than 10 duplicates. > >Additionally, the retracer tags these bug reports bugpattern-needed. > >This process helps notify us of work we need to do - write a bug pattern > >for bugs that are receiving lots of duplicates so that we don't get more > >of these duplicate reports. So while I'd wish you would see these > >emails and write bug patterns here is how you can filter them. > > > >All of the bug mail headers will include the following: > > > >X-Launchpad-Message-Rationale: Subscriber @ubuntu-bugcontrol > > > >and depending on your mail client you should be able to filter on this > >bit in the header. Alternatively, in the body of the mail you will see: > > > >You have been subscribe to a private bug by Apport retracing service > >(apport): > > > >Finally in the footer there is this bit: > > > >You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu > >Bug Control, which is subscribed to the bug report. > > > >The text in the body will only catch the initial subscription message > >while the footer or header would catch all emails. If I were to filter > >this I would keep the initial subscription emails and delete the rest. > > > >-- > >Brian Murray > >Ubuntu Bug Master > > Thanks Brian, > > Do I need to be familiar with a programming language to write these > bug patterns?
No, you just need to be familiar with regular expresssions if anything. > I would be happy to help with them but I have never written any. > Could you point me in the right direction with regard to writing > those? The documentation in the Ubuntu wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport/DeveloperHowTo#Bug_patterns I also talked about this during the last Ubuntu Developer Week: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/devweek1107/WorkingWithApportBugs I'm happy to review any and all merge proposals for bug patterns. Thanks! -- Brian Murray Ubuntu Bug Master
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