all bugs in encfs project disappeared

[James Henstridge]

On 16/05/07, Valient Gough <valient at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Two separate problems:
>
> - I wasn't notified about new bugs, even though I'm listed as bug contact
> - when I changed settings for encfs so that launchpad is selected as the bug
> management location, then all bug reports disappeared.
>
> I got an email from a user notifying me about a bug report on launchpad.  I
> thought that was strange because I'm listed as the bug contact, so I assumed
> I'd get notified.  I went to launchpad and found there were a few bug
> reports I hadn't seen.
>
> So I went looking through the settings to see if I was missing some way to
> notify me of new bugs.  I saw that encfs was listed as 'doesn't use bugs',
> so I changed it so that it lists Launchpad as the primary bug reporting
> tool.  I went back to the bug page to look over the remaining bugs and found
> that they'd all been removed - no trace.
>
> That doesn't seem right..  Am I missing something?

Hi Valient,

Launchpad is designed to allow tracking bugs related to both upstream
projects and distribution packages.  This means that it is possible to
file a bug against the "encfs" project or the "encfs" Ubuntu package.

Looking at the bug listings for these two, I suspect this is what has
led to the confusion:
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/encfs/+bugs
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/encfs

Now there are a few things you can do here:

1. If you want to be CC'd on bugs filed against the encfs Ubuntu
package, add yourself as a contact here:
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/encfs/+subscribe

2. Launchpad allows a bug to be filed against multiple contexts.  If
any of the bugs filed against the Ubuntu package are issues you want
to track upstream, choose the "Also affects upstream" link in the
actions menu on the bug page and select the "encfs" project.  This
will allow the status of the bug to be tracked separately for both
upstream and the Ubuntu pacakge.

James.