Launchpad itself

questions on launchpad

Asked by Tiefflieger

Hi,

I have a few questions about launchpad, I use it for Ubuntu Bug Report only:
1) Is it intended to be that complicated? E.g. I have absolutely no idea, what most of the links under "Action" on the left side in the Bug-View do. Another example is that I have no clue for how to find all my reported bugs.
2) When I try to report a bug, I can choose to either to report a new bug or subscribe to an existing. What does "subscribing" to a bug mean? I can tell that I receive notifications when somebody posts a message on this bug. But gets my error report and all the related files (e.g. Coredump etc) "lost"? I.e. is subscribing to an existing bug no help for the developers but only for my own information?

I do think, launchpad is a great tool, I hope my questions are not impolite.

Greets,

Tiefflieger

p.s.: actually I'm german, I don't care in which language (english/german) you reply ;-)

Question information

Language:
English Edit question
Status:
Solved
For:
Launchpad itself Edit question
Assignee:
No assignee Edit question
Solved by:
Artem Popov
Solved:
Last query:
Last reply:
Revision history for this message
Artem Popov (artfwo) said : 		#1

Hi, Tiefflieger!

1) On your first question: you can find all of your reported bugs here:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/~tiefflieger1/+reportedbugs
Note, that this page shows only active, not yet fixed or closed bugs. To check all the reported bugs, you'll have to use Advanced Search.

The "Actions" menu is pretty self-explanatory. Exactly, what links do you think are confusing?

2) When you're reporting a bug, Launchpad gives you a choice of previously reported bugs (that look like your bug). You can either agree, that your bug has been reported in the past and choose to subscribe to the appropriate one.

If you want to attach some useful information, it's recommened to comment (and attach your data to comments) on the existing bug, so we don't have too many duplicate reports around.

Hope this help :)

Revision history for this message
Tiefflieger (tiefflieger) said : 		#2

Hi Артём Попов,

thanks for your fast answer. And you're right, most of the Action-Links are
self-explanatory, though I think they are very confusing to new users (e.g.
the difference between "Also affects projects" and "Also affects
distribution") . But what do the links "Add branch" (some kind of a CVS -
thing?) and "Link to CVE" do?
And if I'm on one of these Action-Pages and want to go back to my bug (or
the one that lead me there), I expect the link to be at the very upper part
"your location". It took me some time to figure out where the correct link
is ;-)
To the second part: So there's no point in subscribing to existing bugs
except for my own information? All the information gathered and temporarily
uploaded by ubuntu will be disposed?

Again, thanks for your help ;-) ,

Greets,

Tiefflieger

Revision history for this message
Best Artem Popov (artfwo) said : 		#3

Hi!

Yes, "Add branch" allows you to link a bug or a feature specification to a code branch - a fork of source code for a program, that is usually merged to the mainline branch after some testing and polishing.

"Link to CVE" allows you to link a bug to CVE entry. CVE mean "common vulnerabilities and exposures database" - a centralized source for security related issues. For an example of those, see https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.has_cve=on

Finally, when you subscribe to a bug, you will receive email notifications on all activity happening with the bug - status changes, comments, etc.

Revision history for this message
Tiefflieger (tiefflieger) said : 		#4

Thanks for the patient help :-)