Watches

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It is often the case that bugs in launchpad are also reported in another bug tracker. It's helpful to both bug reporters as well as development teams to be able to monitor the status of the other bug report. Launchpad has the capability to add bug watches which will monitor the other bug report and update the status of upstream bug report daily. The following document will walk you through how to add these bug watches to an existing Launchpad bug report.

Adding a Bug Watch

Preliminary Steps

  1. First identify the URL for the upstream bug report
  2. 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 an upstream bug watch.

Watching Another Distribution

If the other bug report is from another distribution's bug tracker, do the following:

1. In the "Actions" section on the left side of the Launchpad bug report, click on the "Also affects distribution" link.

http://people.ubuntu.com/~ogasawara/bugwatches_images/affects_distro_link.png

2. In the drop down menu, select the other distribution this may be affecting.

http://people.ubuntu.com/~ogasawara/bugwatches_images/affects_distro.png

3. Leave the "Source Package Name" field blank.

4. In the "URL" field, enter the URL for the bug report you want to monitor.

5. Click the "Continue" button.

6. Your upstream bug watch should now be set.

Watching Another Project

If the other bug report is from an upstream project, for example the Linux kernel, do the following:

1. In the "Actions" section on the left side of the Launchpad bug report, click on the "Also affects project" link.

http://people.ubuntu.com/~ogasawara/bugwatches_images/affects_project_link.png

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.

http://people.ubuntu.com/~ogasawara/bugwatches_images/confirm_project.png

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.

http://people.ubuntu.com/~ogasawara/bugwatches_images/affects_project.png

3. In the "URL" field, enter the URL for the bug report you want to monitor.

http://people.ubuntu.com/~ogasawara/bugwatches_images/confirm_project_url.png

4. Click the "Add to Bug Report" button.

5. Your upstream bug watch should now be set.


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