[Bug 1173] System error - Sign a Code of Conduct

[Celso Providelo]

Martin Visser wrote:
> Celso,
> 
> Thanks for replying to my comment. I have to admit I felt a bit frustrated.

Don't feel like this about launchpad, we can help you ;)

> I'll tell you the story. I thought I would try out dapper and installed it
> on a VMware server. All went fine by the way - it's looking good.

Good.

> Anyway I noticed a few things during installation that I wanted to file a
> bug request on. (For instance during installation, it displays a screen
> saying something like "Downloading file 10 of 831", when in fact it isn't
> "downloading" but merely copying from the installation source, in my case a
> CD-ROM. "Downloading" has connotations fo transferring from the internet
> which might make people nervous that that the Internet quota is going to be
> hit)

I see, I encourage you to file this bug and also get involved with the
community via IRC or maillisting and discuss the issue.

> Anyway I thought I would go to launchpad/malone and file a bug. The funny
> thing was that even after 20 minutes of jumping around lanunchpad I still
> could not find a page where I could file a bug!! (I have an old Launchpad


Ok, there are plans to make the task "filling a bug on my Ubuntu" easier
from a fresh install, some of them suggest we shouldn't even require the use
of a browser, so it will get better soon. Nonetheless, we can file a bug via
the page:

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu

Attempt to the menu in the right side of the page, click in "Bugs".

> account from when I filed a bugzilla bug last year). The closest I got was
> when I went to change something in my profile and I saw the request to sign
> the Code of Conduct. I actually do understand GPG etc, but I have never got
> around to creating a key-ring. Also I was filing this from a fresh dapper
> install so of course it wouldn't have any of my normal credentials anyhow.

Okay, first, you need to create a key, the keyring is the concept of a group
of keys you know about. I suggest you to read more documentation about
GPG/PGP key creation and handling at:

 http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/documentation/howtos.html

If you are interested in. Anyway, GPG setup isn't necessary to file or
handle bugs within Launchpad.

> I guess what I am saying is that it doesn't seem very clear as to what the
> CoC is for, also what process Launchpad is expecting you to do. (It just
> advises you in https://launchpad.ubuntu.com/faq to "gpg --clearsign
> ~/ubuntu-coc.txt" which doesn't work if you do this from a random account
> without a key-ring installed. Maybe the FAQ needs to be a little more
> explicit on what is required.

Okay, personally I think following:

<quote>if "FOO" doesn't make sense for you at all, it's because you don't
need it.</quote>

But I do agree that the FAQ and other launchpad user documentation could be
more explicit about certain things.

Now that you got some hints about "How to file a bug using Launchpad" task,
you can possible file some in Launchpad itself ;) please feel free to expose
your ideas to the community and collaborate with the development of this tool.

> I'm a great fan of Ubuntu, but like I said I didn't seem to be able to file
> a bug and contribute back.

Join the #launchpad and #ubuntu IRC channels, there is a bunch of people to
help and guide you to collaborate with them.

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