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How can you report a bug in the bug reporting system if the only way to report a bug is via the bug reporting system?

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How can you report a bug in the bug reporting process, if the only way to create bug items is by using the ubuntu-bug program? In other words, why did you remove the ability to file a bug via the web site?

For example, I want to report a feature regression with Pulseudio under Precise: I can no longer select an output device per application, and have it remembered, like I used to under 10.10. This is a SEVERE problem, as I don't want all my desktop bloops and bleeps going out the same audio channel as my PSK31 application is using to talk to my HF transceiver! But, I cannot report a bug via the web site, and the bug reporting tool has no way for me to say "No dummy, this isn't a problem on one sound card, but a generic UI for Pulseaudio problem."

So I try to go to a more generic bug report against Precise - and guess what? There is, once again, no way to report a bug via the web site, only via the tool!

What if the tool itself were crashing? How would you suggest I report that?

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William Grant (wgrant) said : 		#1

If you go to https://launchpad.net/ubuntu and click "Report a bug" you'll be taken to an Ubuntu wiki page describing bug filing options.

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Wowbagger (ha87psc02) said : 		#2

Which I looked at, and which tells me in great detail how to use ubuntu-bug to file a bug - but offers no way to file a bug except via ubuntu-bug.

And when I do a search for a bug, I do not get the "No, I need to report a new bug" button.

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William Grant (wgrant) said : 		#3

Later on that page it describes methods other than ubuntu-bug. You might be interested in the "Filing bugs at Launchpad.net" section.

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