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How does a Kernel Team script determine what Ubuntu series the bug was filed against?

The algorithm for determining the series a bug was filed against is given below. The order is significant and indicates the order the checks are made. As soon as a series is found, no further checks are made:

1. Look in the bug description for:

   1. "DistroRelease" which apport has been putting into the description for quiet some time.

   2. "Linux version string"
   3. "Description:" name/value pair which can contain the series version.
   4. "Release:" name/value pair which can contain the series version.

   5. The string: "Ubuntu <series>".

2. Look in log files that the original submitter has attached to the bug:
   1. "kern.log"

   2. "BootDmesg.txt"

   3. "Dmesg.txt" / "dmesg.log"
   4. "alsa-info.log"
   5. "xorg.0.log"
3. Look at the tags that have been added to the bug for a valid series. Note, there can be multiple specified so the first one found "wins".
4. Look in the bug title for a valid series name. Again there can be multiple and again, the first found "wins".