Problems linking bug w/ upstream

[kiko at async.com.br]

On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 03:59:22PM -0500, Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> > There is this bug:
> > https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/keep/+bug/41356, which is
> > also been reported here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122484 and
> > when I click on Upstream, I'm prompted for the package, which I think is
> > Keep as it affects Keep's current lack of documentation, however I get an
> > error that a package is required, even if I type in Keep, or keep.  I
> > noticed that the bug lists the fact that if effects keep as the package.

Okay, you're on the right track, but the current UI is a bit confusing
and it's got you stuck. Copying Bjorn since he's been working in this
area lately and might have an idea to make it less confusing.

The essential trick here is that when you click on "Upstream" you are
/not/ being prompted for a "package", but for a "product". Packages are
software in a distribution (like Ubuntu); products are the original
upstream software. Products are registered under

    https://launchpad.net/products

so when you choose "keep" it correctly doesn't find the "keep" product
because it isn't registered in Launchpad. To register it (which you may
do yourself -- any user can) just hop on to

    https://launchpad.net/products/+new

and register it. You can also indicate in its setup that it uses the KDE
bug tracker so that's already sorted out, too.

One alternative to this setup is to have a single entry point to adding
new tasks, without the user deciding up-front whether it's a package or
an upstream. That would allow us to provide more help text in the first
page that could help answer this common question.
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