[Bug 989800] Re: Error alert stops appearing for the same crash after a while

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Incomplete

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Title:
  Error alert stops appearing for the same crash after a while

Status in Apport:
  Triaged
Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu6, Ubuntu 12.04

  1. Encounter a particular crash.
  2. Encounter the same crash again.
  3. Encounter the same crash again.

  What happens:
  1. An error alert appears explaining what happened.
  2. An error alert appears explaining what happened.
  3. Nothing.

  What should happen:
  3. An error alert appears explaining what happened.

  The primary purpose of the error alert, as far as the user is
  concerned, is to explain what has just gone wrong. This purpose does
  not change no matter how often the error occurs.

  For fair comparison of error rates between Ubuntu versions, it may be
  necessary to flag these previously-suppressed errors as ones that
  wouldn't have been reported "by X standards".

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