allow attaching previously uploaded blobs (apport-style) to existing bugs

raising to high as it also affect distro

I don't know if this belongs here or in a seperate bug report, but I'd like to be able to attach everything apport has collected on an app crash to an existing bug report.

I often find a bug that is the same as what I'm experience, so I don't file a dupe, but the original report is often incomplete and I've got stack traces, core dumps and soforth reeady to attach but apport on;y seems to be intersted in doing that with a brand new bug report.

It seems kind of a waste not to be able to add (very) useful information to an existing report with a tool that Ubuntu provides to add such information to new reports.

Untargeting this for now to help with planning. Will retarget it later.

With python-launchpad-bugs or launchpadlib we can actually implement this on the client side, by uploading every attachment individually; doesn't look as nice (all attachments in a single comment), but certainly sufficient for this use case.

(Can't set to "wontfix", thus using "invalid").

Setting to Won't Fix as suggested by Martin.

FYI, this has been implemented on the client-side in bug 124338 .

Dear interested parties,

I've experienced what Scott said. I've been creating dupes to so that the report collected by apport to be uploaded.

Should I not do that?

Many blessings.

Sharar,

you can still do that, but you can also use the new 'apport-collect' tool to augment an existing bug. Please see https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2009-February/000535.html .

BTW, as Jane noted in bug 352293, the current method generates a plethora of mail for each user who submits additional info to an existing bug, due to Launchpad not merging several attachments in one bug mail. Do you think it's easier to implement the original proposal here, or to merge bug mail for several attachments? (The latter would be even nicer, I think).

Thanks!