Searching for bugs in a specific package in a distro is unobvious
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launchpad itself |
Triaged
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Medium
|
Christian Reis | ||
Bug Description
It is rather hard to find a way to search for a specific package in a given distribution. Searching for the package name in the distro will return all bugs that even mention the package name, not necessarily bugs that have been assigned thereto.
An example workflow is as follows, described here for Rhythmbox bugs in Ubuntu:
1. Open all bugs for Ubuntu here: https:/
2. Click "Source Packages" at the upper left: https:/
3. Search for "rhythmbox"; 6 results.
4. Click on the rhythmbox source package: https:/
5. Click on "Bugs" on the left side: https:/
5 steps that are rather unobvious to someone not well-versed in the way Launchpad works.
It's obvious from the final URL that Launchpad already associates source packages with a distro.
A more desired workflow:
1. Open all bugs for Ubuntu here: https:/
2. Click "Advanced" to the right of the search box.
3. In the "Assigned to package" box, type "rhythmbox" OR click "Choose" to the right to search available packages in a popup window.
4. Click search and get to our result: https:/
Thanks!
| Changed in malone: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| Christian Reis (kiko) wrote | #1 |
| Andrew Conkling (andrewski) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in malone: | |
| assignee: | nobody → kiko |
| Diogo Matsubara (matsubara) wrote | #3 |
Could the real issue here be the fact that there is no way to jump to a source package page directly? A search/teleport UI that allowed you to enter "ubuntu rhythmbox" and then click on +bugs would do it for me; what about for you?