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This page is part of the It is often the case that Ubuntu bug reports in Launchpad are also reported in another bug tracker, for example another distribution or an upstream project. Bug watches in Launchpad monitor bug reports in other bug tracking systems and check on their status daily. The Ubuntu bug is updated if the status of the watched bug changes. The following document walks you through how to add these bug watches to an existing Launchpad bug report.
Adding a Bug Watch
Preliminary Steps
- Identify the URL for the upstream bug report
- Go to the existing Launchpad bug report
There are different approaches that you may need to take to set up your bug watch. Below are the two ways to add a bug watch.
Watching Another Distribution
If the other bug report is from another distribution's bug tracker, do the following:
1. Click on the "Also affects distribution" link as shown. |
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2. In the drop down menu, select the other distribution this may be affecting. |
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3. Leave the "Source Package Name" field blank. |
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4. In the "URL" field, enter the URL for the bug report you want to monitor. |
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5. Click the "Continue" button. |
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6. Your bug watch should now be set. |
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Watching Another Project
If the other bug report is from an upstream project, for example the Linux kernel, do the following:
1. Click on the "Also affects project" link as shown |
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2. Typically, there is already a relationship established between the Ubuntu package and the upstream project. In this case a page requesting the URL for the other bug report will be displayed. Proceed to step 3. |
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2a. Unfortunately sometimes this relationship has not been set up so an extra step is required. Enter the project name. If you don't know the project name click on the "(Choose...)" link which will help you search for the appropriate name. |
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3. In the "URL" field, enter the URL for the bug report you want to monitor. |
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4. Click the "Add to Bug Report" button. |
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5. Your upstream bug watch should now be set. |
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Removing a Bug Watch
It is possible that a bug watch may have been setup for the wrong project or distribution bug, these should be removed so the Ubuntu bug is accurate. Bug watches can appear as an upstream task and also appear in the "Remote bug watches" applet. The procedure for removing the bug watch depends on where the watch appears.
An upstream task
1. Change the remote watch to "None, the status of the bug is updated manually" |
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2. Save changes. |
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3. Change the upstream bug task status to "Invalid" if it is about the wrong upstream or |
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4. Change the upstream bug task status to "New" if it is still an upstream bug. |
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5. Save changes. |
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An applet watch
These bug watches appear when someone mentions the url of an upstream bug tracker in a comment. It's possible that the url mentioned is not the same bug as the Ubuntu bug report. In this case it is useful to remove this bug watch from the applet.
- Click the pencil next to the bug watch
- Click the "Delete Bug Watch" button
The bug will no longer show up in the reports at https://launchpad.net/bugs/bugtrackers/.
Imported bug comments
As a part of the bug watching service Launchpad is also able to import comments from the upstream bug tracker and display them in the Launchpad bug report. An example of this can be found in bug 624386. A list of the Ubuntu packages that have an upstream bug tracker that will display imported comments follows.
Ubuntu source package |
Bug Tracker |
Amarok |
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Poppler |
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D-Bus |
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D-Bus |
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gnome-desktop |
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DeviceKit-Power |
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GNU Emacs |
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telepathy-gabble |
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Evince |
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D-Bus |
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xf86-video-ati |
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Mozilla Firefox |
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Mozilla Firefox |
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Mozilla Firefox |
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Wine |
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gnome-desktop |
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HAL |
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HAL |
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libatasmart |
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libcairo |
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Sunbird |
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Linux |
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Linux |
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media-player-info |
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Mesa |
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mono |
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Moonlight Plugin Mozilla |
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Mozilla Thunderbird |
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portable OpenSSH |
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papyon |
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Poppler |
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pymsn |
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Rarian |
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shared-mime-info |
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telepathy-butterfly |
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telepathy-gabble |
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Telepathy Glib |
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Telepathy Haze |
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telepathy-idle |
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Telepathy Mission Control 5 |
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telepathy-salut |
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telepathy-sofiasip |
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Mozilla Thunderbird |
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DejaVu Fonts |
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udisks |
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Firefox Sync |
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Wine |
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Wine |
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X.Org X server |
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Xdg-utils |
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X.Org X server |
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xkeyboard-config |
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X.Org X server |
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X.Org X server |
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X.Org X server |
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X.Org X server |
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xserver-xorg-input-evdev |
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XOrg-Driver-Synaptics |
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xserver-xorg-driver-ati |
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xorg xf86-video-i128 |
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xf86-video-intel |
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Nouveau Xorg driver |
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X.Org X server |
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xf86-video-radeonhd |
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X.Org X server |
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Mozilla Firefox |
Also see
Launchpad documentation regarding this process.