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This page is part of the Tags provide us ways to group bugs across packages, easily find certain types of bugs or divide a package's bug reports into smaller parts.
Below are some standard tags and information about when to use the tag when working on bug reports about Ubuntu.
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This bug is easy to fix and suitable for new contributors. |
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A bug that needs new artwork to be created |
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A bug that needs new source code to be written |
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A bug that needs UI design done first |
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Packaging requests - software that isn't packaged for Ubuntu yet |
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A bug that needs new sound to be created |
Generic bug tags
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A bug reported using "Report a Problem" in an application's Help menu contains lots of details! |
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A bug that has had apport-collect ran against it which will contain additional information. |
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A crash reported by apport - Ubuntu's automated problem reporter. |
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A bug reported by apport when a package operation failed. |
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A bug reported by apport when a package operation failed due to a conflict with a file provided by another package. |
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Bugs related to Derivatives. |
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The bug requests the addition/fix of a .desktop file. |
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A bug that is Fix Released and should be verified when performing iso testing of daily builds or milestones. |
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Bugs describing build failures of packages. |
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Bugs related to Gobuntu. |
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A bug that requires a specific piece of hardware to duplicate. |
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A bug found when performing iso testing. |
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The bug is likely a duplicate of another bug ((maybe an upstream bug too) but you can't find it. |
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This bug is about a package's manpage being incorrect. |
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This bug has a high probability of duplicate reports being filed. |
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This bug is due to an issue with the new multiarch triplet paths, this can be build time, install time, or run time issues. |
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Bugs related to the Nautilus desktop, especially the alignment, display and grid of icons. |
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A bug that existed in a previous release of Ubuntu and needs to be tested in the latest development release. |
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A bug that was reported about the wrong package but the package maintainer isn't sure which package it belongs to. |
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The bug is likely to be a packaging mistake. |
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This bug report includes a screencast of the bug in action! |
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This bug is a string fix (not code) and is great for new contributors. For spelling and grammatical errors. |
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an issue with touch support in applications or X. |
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This bug has been identified as one that could use some additional information and another triager is offering guidance for getting that information. |
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A bug that violates the UnitsPolicy. |
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Bugs that indicate packages not being installable due to missing dependencies. |
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Bugs that request new software versions - please help reviewing them carefully. |
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triaging requires intensive work to validate/reproduce. |
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A bug that was encountered when upgrading between releases of Ubuntu. |
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A bug which contains a test case - steps to recreate the bug. |
Application Specific Tags
Cheese Specific
Tags Apport adds while collecting information for Cheese Webcam Booth.
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Bug is related to bad drivers and not Cheese. Switch bug to the linux package for missing/bad drivers. |
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Video gstreamer input works fine (drivers seem fine), most likely a Cheese bug. |
Unity
The full list of tags for Unity is maintained at: Unity/FilingBugs#Bug_Tags, including:
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Compiz bugs which are affecting Unity. |
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Bugs reported by people who are running Unity. |
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A bug that needs UI design done first. |
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Things that design has done and has finished on that needs to be implemented. |
Update Manager
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Bugs related to upgrades from Lucid Lynx (10.04) to Precise Pangolin (12.04). |
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Bugs related to an upgrade from CD-ROM or DVD media. |
Other specific bug tags
Ayatana
Specific bugs concerning parts of the Ayatana project.
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Bugs related to the App Menu. |
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Bugs related to the use of the Indicator Applet that are not in the 'indicator-applet' package (no Application Indicators). |
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Bugs related to the use of Indicator Application that are not in the 'indicator-application' package. |
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Bugs related to the Notification Area transition. |
Hardware Specific
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This bug deals with headphone sense for AC'97 based codecs (0401). |
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This bug deals with headphone sense for HDA based codecs (0403). |
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These bugs deal with Mac Book systems. |
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These bugs deal with Mac Book Pro systems. |
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Some bug reports are about people running Ubuntu on a Playstation 3. |
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These bugs deal with Ubuntu Mobile and Embeded systems. |
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These bugs deal with Ubuntu arm systems. |
Historical Tags
These tags were relevant previously for Ubuntu bugs and may still appear in some bugs.
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The bug contains a crash report that needs retracing with apport-retrace on amd64. |
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The bug contains a crash report that needs retracing with apport-retrace on i386. |
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The bug contains a crash report that needs retracing with apport-retrace on powerpc. |
Kernel Specific
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This Kernel Oops was reported using apport. |
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With regards to the kernel, this includes things like enabling modules and changing kernel config options. |
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A kernel bug that has a git commit SHA from the upstream kernel. |
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This bug was triggered by a hibernate/resume failure. |
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A "BUG:" message output was noted in the logs but it did not contain an Oops. |
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This bug causes a kernel Oops message. |
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This bug needs to be tested with the upstream kernel. |
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This bug is not reproducible with the latest upstream kernel version available that allows the reporter to test it, and the version is higher than the Ubuntu kernel after mapping. |
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This bug is reproducible with the latest upstream kernel version available that allows the reporter to test it, and the version is higher than the Ubuntu kernel after mapping. |
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This bug was triggered by a suspend/resume failure. |
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This is an xorg bug which is dependent on a kernel patch. |
For more tags see Kernel/Tagging.
Kubuntu Specific
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This kde-guidance bug is in powermanager. |
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This kde-guidance bug is in displayconfig. |
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This kde-guidance bug is in mountconfig. |
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This kde-guidance bug is in serviceconfig. |
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This kde-guidance bug is in userconfig. |
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This kde-guidance bug is in wineconfig. |
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This bug needs the report to be forwarded to the upstream project. |
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This bug has been forwarded to the upstream project which has released a fix that has not been merged yet. |
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This bug is reported to the upstream project. |
More specific
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This bug is an accessibility problem. |
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This bug is about modifying or adding an apport hook for a package. |
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This bug is specifically targeted by Canonical developers, only to be associated with the 'notifications' tag. |
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This bug is related to Ubuntu on EC2. |
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This bug is related to a Java program or library that could run headless but depends on a full Java environment (including graphics and sound). |
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This bug is a LDAP problem. |
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This bug contains Linux firmware kit test results. |
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This bug affects NGOs. |
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This bug is related to the notification system (notify-osd). |
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This bug deals with nscd which is part of the glibc package. |
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This bug is a usability problem. |
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This bug is a right-to-left problem. |
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This bug is related to the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloude (UEC) images. |
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This bug is a xinerama problem. Multiple-monitor configuration. |
Patch specific
A patch in its final form, and can immediately be released into the appropriate Ubuntu repository as outlined in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Patches. A raw patch copied from an external location, or possible/test/draft patches wouldn't fit this criteria. |
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This bug has a patch attached to it that has been accepted by Debian. |
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This bug has a patch attached to it that has been accepted by upstream. |
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This bug has a patch attached to it that has been forwarded to Debian. |
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This bug has a patch attached to it that has been forwarded upstream. |
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This bug has a patch attached to it that needs some work done on it. |
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This bug has a patch attached to it that was not included in Ubuntu. |
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This bug has a patch attached to it that has been rejected by Debian. |
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This bug has a patch attached to it that has been rejected by upstream. |
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This bug has a patch attached to it that has been forwarded upstream and requires their input or incorporation. |
Regression specific
See the regression tracker for a list of these bugs and QATeam/RegressionTracking for more information.
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A bug in a release that was not present in a previous release. Should be used together with a separate tag for the release the regression was found in. This also applies to a development release where an update introduces a regression prior to its official release. |
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A bug in a stable release that was introduced by a package from -updates. This would not apply to a development release where a regression was introduced prior to its official release. |
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A bug in a stable release of Ubuntu that was found when testing a package from -proposed. |
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An apport crash bug report that was identified by the retracer as having the same characteristics as a fixed crash report. |
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This is for when a bisect is requested or required to fix the bug. |
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The reporter, developer, or triager is in the process of performing a bisection. |
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Add when a bisect has been completed and the offending commit(s) identified. |
Release Specific
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A bug tracking a cause of a package not being migrated to the release pocket. This tag causes the bug to appear on the update excuses report. |
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A bug that should be held back from migrating into the release pocket |
SRU Specific
See StableReleaseUpdates for more information.
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A Stable Release Update bug with a package in -proposed that has been confirmed to fix the bug. |
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A Stable Release Update bug with a package in -proposed that has been verified to not fix the bug. |
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A Stable Release Update bug with a package in -proposed needing testing. |
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A bug that should be held back being released into the updates pocket for the corresponding stable series. See StableReleaseUpdates#Staging_an_upload. |
X Specific
For X tags please check X Tagging with all the official X tags
Experiments
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Users were asked to report the bug upstream themselves. |
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Bugs/Tags (last edited 2020-12-09 16:58:48 by racb)