reportbug (1.50) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix a really stupid error in pseudoheader parsing that made
    Followup-For headers vanish without a trace.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu,  4 Apr 2002 13:46:12 -0600

reportbug (1.49) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix an off-by-one error that prevented selecting bug #1 in the text
    interface.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 02:38:24 -0600

reportbug (1.48) unstable; urgency=high

  * Fix stupid typo introduced in 1.47.  (Closes: #137872)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:00:23 -0600

reportbug (1.47) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Roll back sensible-editor change in 1.43, as it broke the
    auto-goto-line support.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 13:03:37 -0600

reportbug (1.46) unstable; urgency=low

  * Eliminate duplicate headers when MTA fails.  (Closes: #100595)
    (What I deserve for having code that has too many identical-looking
    blocks in it...)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 06:22:24 -0600

reportbug (1.45) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Add range checking to bug report numbers.  (Closes: #137542)
  * Add confirmation prompt for reports to bugs.debian.org and debbugs, as
    a number of problems in reportbug seem to be being reported to those
    packages instead.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 06:01:28 -0600

reportbug (1.44) unstable; urgency=low

  * Rename {CC,BCC} as MAIL{CC,BCC}.  (Closes: #135063)
  * Document that querybts allows bug numbers in querybts(1).
    (Closes: #134692)
  * Only include X-Reportbug-Version header if an MUA is used.
    (Closes: #133294)
  
 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 02:22:10 -0600

reportbug (1.43) unstable; urgency=low

  * Disabled removing the "System Information" trailer from bug reports
    in the text interface.  (Closes: #132745)
  * Reduced the uid cutoff for admin users to 250.  (Closes: #133213)
  * Somehow, the mh command line was different when 'mh' was specified in
    the rc file and when it was set up using --mh.  (Closes: #132364)
  * Revert #131610, per policy.  (Closes: #132963)
    On Debian systens, use /usr/sbin/sensible-editor as the default, which
    handles $VISUAL and $EDITOR in accordance with policy.
  * If Y provides X, you can now report bugs in X too.  (Closes: #132271)
  * Ignore (at least some) reportbug 2.0 extensions in .reportbugrc.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 12:16:33 -0600

reportbug (1.42) unstable; urgency=medium

  * I give up on sqrt(2)...
  * Wishlist items from here out will only be implemented in the
    (not-yet-released) experimental branch.
  * WNPP support now works with source and unknown packages.  (Closes: #131765)
  * No longer prompt when the subject was generated by the WNPP support.
    (Closes: #131100)
  * Silly me forgot that string.strip() gets rid of leading whitespace, so
    my implementation of #131472 didn't work.  Now it does, and it's been
    tested.  (Closes: #131472)
  * The mutt message has been defanged (for most, at least).  Subsequent
    reports of this issue will be merged with #131100.  You have been warned.
  * Added a diagnostic routine, per README.developers spec.
    (It also shows how to write one in something other than bash.)
  
 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri,  1 Feb 2002 03:33:38 -0600

reportbug (1.41.1421356) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Use $EDITOR in preference to $VISUAL.  (Closes: #131610)
    This makes reportbug act like the man page claims it does.
  * Back off a bit on #131100, due to popular demand.  Just checking to
    see if anyone is actually using these packages...
  * Fix WNPP support to use source packages, not binary packages, when
    orphaning or RFA'ing a package.  (Closes: #131471)
  * Include the full description of an WNPP'd package.  (Closes: #131472)
  * Modified the prompt when the BTS browser is in standalone mode.
    (Closes: #129732)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:41:46 -0600

reportbug (1.41.142135) unstable; urgency=low

  * It'd be nice if this were the last release for woody...
  * Handle .'s in the realname part of addresses correctly, as
    rfc822.quote() doesn't seem to work right.  (Closes: #127637)
  * Add message warning certain users not to attach stuff in external
    programs until debbugs is fixed to handle MIME correctly, at which
    time this message will look incredibly stupid.  "Fixes" my part of
    #131100 ("Chris should never have let people edit messages in programs
    that can attach MIME, and therefore is responsible for problems in
    debbugs.").  Alternate solution: disable --mutt.  Y'alls' choice.
  * Update copyright year in modified files.
  * Warn if subject > 60 characters.  (Closes: #129099)
  * Added security.debian.org to valid pseudopackages.  (Closes: #129889)
  * Warn if run with uid < 500.  (Closes: #128936)
    (I chose 500 since systems converted from other distributions may have
    real users with IDs >= 500.)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 17:41:41 -0600

reportbug (1.41.14213) unstable; urgency=medium

  * The "hopefully we won't run out of double precision in sqrt(2)" release.
  * Work around lack of socket.fqdn() in Python 1.5.2 by swiping the
    routine from Python 2.1+ and backporting.  This only affects systems
    that didn't have a valid /etc/mailname, and thus would have died
    running reportbug (< 1.41.14) anyway. (Closes: #126867)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 00:38:18 -0800

reportbug (1.41.1421) unstable; urgency=low

  * Ignore empty $EDITOR or $VISUAL.  (Closes: #126178)
  * Document $BROWSER.  (Closes: #125820)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 01:35:31 -0600

reportbug (1.41.142) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix email specification bug.  (Closes: #125587)
  * s/mailserver/mail server/ in debian/control.  (Closes: #125308)
  * Fix bug #'s in changelog that were incorrect in last upload.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:29:39 -0600

reportbug (1.41.14) unstable; urgency=low

  * Document template option.  (Closes: #124258)
  * Remove python-base from dependencies.  (Closes: #124014)
  * Help and version output now go to stdout.  (Closes: #124260)
  * Menu entries are now numbered in the text UI.  (Closes: #123975)
  * Bugs can be selected by a short number from the text BTS browser.
    (Closes: #118333)
  * Check /etc/email-addresses for an email address, if available.
  * Allow $DEBFULLNAME as an alternative for $DEBNAME.
  * If /etc/mailname doesn't exist, use socket.getfqdn() instead.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 16 Dec 2001 22:47:34 -0600

reportbug (1.41.1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Added option '--template'.  (Closes: #123467)
  * Don't edit subject lines specified on the command line.
  * Search all packages, not just installed ones, when reporting a bug in a
    source package.  (Closes: #123672)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:53:28 -0600

reportbug (1.41) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Ok, maybe we'll try a fourth crack.
  * Started a CVS repository for future development.  One of these decades
    I'll figure out enough CVS to actually maintain this branch with it
    too...
  * Followup-For now recognized as a pseudoheader.
    (Closes: self-discovered-bug)
  * Warn when the severity is downgraded by the severity lameness filter.
    (Closes: #122962)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 02:49:05 -0600

reportbug (1.40) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Third crack at a final woody release.  The 1.x series will approach
    sqrt(2) asymptotically from here out.
  * Cleaned up .reportbugrc handling code even more.  As a bonus, 'bts'
    finally works as a config file option...
  * Suppress stderr diagnostics from dpkg --search.
  * Fix severity specification in rc files, for real this time.  A silly
    thinko was stopping it from working.  (Closes: #122539)
  * Fix crash when --file is specified and not found.  Also a side-effect
    of implementing #121707.  (Closes: #122648)
  * Explicitly warn the user that temporary files might be located in
    temporary directories, and thus might not persist.  (Closes: #122652)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu,  6 Dec 2001 02:52:12 -0600

reportbug (1.39) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix stupidity in implementation of #121707.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun,  2 Dec 2001 15:01:25 -0600

reportbug (1.38) unstable; urgency=low

  * Probably the last release for woody... see if you can break this one.
  * Upload of NMU of newt fixed problems with python-newt.
    (Closes: #119815, #120245)
  * Don't crash when severity is specified in .reportbugrc.
    (Closes: #121380)
  * Fix crasher in querybts -w introduced in 1.36.  (Closes: #121799)
  * If the specified package name looks like a filename, act like -f was
    specified.  (Closes: #121707)
  * You can now specify an editor with --editor (-e) or in .reportbugrc.
    (Closes: #121736)
  * Include a slightly-modified copy of bug's README.developers, to better
    document the per-package hook options.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 17:28:21 -0600

reportbug (1.37) unstable; urgency=low

  * Handle Justification: serious better.  (Closes: #120631)
  * If a package name is Provided by another package on the system, and not
    installed itself, allow the user to select amongst the packages
    Providing it.  (For example, you can do "reportbug fetchmail" even if
    fetchmail-ssl is installed.)  (Closes: #121054)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 01:47:26 -0600

reportbug (1.36) unstable; urgency=medium

  * The "reportbug has fan mail" release (see this week's LWN Letters page).
  * Work around #119815 by conflicting with python-newt 0.50.17-7.1.
  * In some weird situations, reportbug could bomb out with an exception
    if no package was specified.  (Closes: #119853)
  * The unversioned recommendation for python-newt is deliberate.
    This way an upgraded reportbug should work safely on a
    partially-upgraded potato system.  (Closes: #119142)
    (No python >> 1.5 features will be used until reportbug 2.0.)
  * Added source report support to querybts and reportbug.
    Use querybts --source or select a source package in reportbug.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 20:41:39 -0600

reportbug (1.35) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix postinst to compile on Python 2.1 systems.  (Closes: #118574)
  * Recognize the mta option in config files.  (Closes: #118434)
  * $REPORTBUGEMAIL should now work.  (Closes: #118632)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu,  8 Nov 2001 17:17:29 -0600

reportbug (1.34) unstable; urgency=low

  * Updated control file for new Python packaging.
    (Closes: #118185, #118329)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon,  5 Nov 2001 03:13:06 -0600

reportbug (1.33) unstable; urgency=low

  * Improved the robustness of reportbug.get_source_package().
    Should fix #117102.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:25:56 -0500

reportbug (1.32) unstable; urgency=low

  * New option: --mta.  Allows you to specify an alternate path for a
    sendmail clone; it must accept standard sendmail options.
    (Closes: #116751)
  * Don't clear the screen in querybts if using the text ui.
  * reportbug will run with any version of Python in the archive; however,
    there doesn't seem to be a clean way to handle this yet.  For now,
    depend on python1.5-base | python-base (<< 2.1) until this gets
    straightened out.
  * Downgraded python-newt to a (very strong) recommendation, since
    querybts can run without it.
  * Removed reference to Progeny Debian in the description.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 21:21:13 -0500

reportbug (1.31) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Report detected email address before going through the BTS browser.
    (Closes: #115076)
  * Reenable smtphost code that I accidentally left disabled while
    debugging an unreproducible report.  (Closes: #114872)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 00:45:13 -0500

reportbug (1.30) unstable; urgency=low

  * Avoid using nroff-like extensions on temporary files.
    (Closes: #114100)
  * Fix bug in reporting bugs in source packages.  (Closes: #114485)
  * You can now force reporting a bug in a source package, though
    generally most bugs should be reported against binary packages.
  * Changed Build-Depends to Build-Depends-Indep.  (Fixes lintian
    warning.)
  * Updated to DH_COMPAT=3.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun,  7 Oct 2001 00:03:39 -0500

reportbug (1.29) unstable; urgency=low

  * Improve long description.  (Closes: #112301)
  * Reworked subject prepending code.  (Closes: #111653)
  * If a name of a source package is specified without a matching binary
    package, present a menu of binary packages based on that source
    package to the user, instead of giving up.  (Closes: #96146)
  * Corrected previous changelog entry's reference to the subject
    prepending code's ID number.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 18:24:11 -0500

reportbug (1.28) unstable; urgency=medium

  * The "why can't Sony make a laptop keyboard that lasts more than six
    months?" release.
  * Only prepend the subject with the package name if it doesn't contain
    ": " in it already.  Useful for filing the "querybts: is lame" report.
    (Closes: #111653) **corrected**
  * Added 'Justification' to reportbug.PSEUDOHEADERS.
    (Closes: #111661)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:01:13 -0500

reportbug (1.27) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix input validation bug.  (Closes: #111376)
  * querybts reminds users that # is a shell comment character if it
    doesn't detect a package name or bug number.  (Closes: #111491)
  * Release tags are omitted from the tags menu.  (Closes: #111414)
    (You can still specify them, however.)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu,  6 Sep 2001 17:07:26 -0500

reportbug (1.26) unstable; urgency=low

  * Back out ITA patch.  (Closes: #110559, again.)
  * Tweaks to Branden's severity patch.
  * Include package name in report subjects, at least until debbugs starts
    doing it automatically.  (Closes: #110931)
  * Last two bits from Branden, though I took the liberty of making the
    code a bit more "Pythonic" :-)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Tue,  4 Sep 2001 18:46:41 -0500

reportbug (1.25) unstable; urgency=low

  * Incorporate patch from Rob Bradford to add ITA support to reportbug.
    (Closes: #110559)
  * Add --package-version to man page.
  * Finish implementing the template support for ITPs.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 22:10:20 -0500

reportbug (1.24) unstable; urgency=low

  * Incorporate patch from Branden Robinson to better handle serious+
    bugs.  (Closes: #110476)
  * Improve followup instructions.  (Closes: #107606)
  * New option --package-version allows specifying the version number to
    include in the report (and suppesses querying dpkg for package info).
    (Closes: #110150)
  * Include a template for ITP and RFP bodies.  (Closes: #107203)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 21:19:50 -0500

reportbug (1.23) unstable; urgency=low

  * Improved qa group description.  (Closes: #107020)
  * Reworked the Linux-Mandrake BTS description.  (Closes: #107022)
  * Remove gratuitous padding from dependency info.  (Closes: #107029)
  * All the above thanks to Martin Michlmayr.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:36:26 -0400

reportbug (1.22) unstable; urgency=low

  * Followups no longer prompt for tags.
  * Include package and version number in followups.  (Closes: #105813)
  * Better error message when you enter a bug number not listed.
    Note that you can enter any bug number at the "more info" prompt; this
    difference is intentional.  (Closes: #105929)
    (See #103398 for the rationale for this behavioral deviation.)
  * Improved error recovery.  (Closes: #106207)
  * Bug reports will now be written to $TMPDIR by default instead of
    /var/tmp, if necessary.
  * You can now write '-T none' (or --tags=none) to bypass the tags prompt
    entirely.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 00:08:34 -0400

reportbug (1.21) unstable; urgency=high

  * Fix a dumb mistake in reportbug_ui_text introduced in the fix for
    #103054.  (Closes: #104017)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon,  9 Jul 2001 00:19:47 -0500

reportbug (1.20) unstable; urgency=low

  * Add an X-Debbugs-CC header to wnpp ITP bugs.
  * Play nicely in the postinst if another version of Python is installed
    and is earlier in $PATH than /usr/bin.
  * Don't prompt for maintonly on wnpp bugs.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri,  6 Jul 2001 09:15:44 -0500

reportbug (1.19) unstable; urgency=low

  * --include now works properly.  (Closes: #103291)
  * Added message about the '?' help option.  (Closes: #102257)
  * Only allow display of bugs that are in the list.  (Closes: #103054)
  * The Debian BTS is no longer mirrored; disable the mirror options.
    (Closes: #103398)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Tue,  3 Jul 2001 18:33:59 -0500

reportbug (1.18) unstable; urgency=low

  * Improve description of "patch" tag.  (Closes: #99889)
  * Fix typo in description of the "serious" severity.  (Closes: #99756)
  * Include rudimentary text-file attachment support.  (Closes: #86906)
  * Added guug.de to supported systems.  (Closes: #99973)
  * Added support for archived bug reports to querybts.
    (Closes: #77424)
  * Fix deprecated use of global declaration after first use of a variable
    in a function; this would break reportbug in a future Python release.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 00:43:48 -0500

reportbug (1.17) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix a crasher when the length of the subject of a report is greater
    than the width of the screen.  (Fixes #98167, but I reassigned it to
    python-newt so the underlying bug in the toolkit will be fixed.)
  * Fix a crasher when a filename being searched for contains colons.
    (Closes: #98421)
  * Suppress new dpkg messages.  (Closes: #98540)
  * Handle DNS failures more gracefully.  (Closes: #98328)
  * Improve signature handling when there are no pseudoheaders.
    (Closes: #99382)
  * Properly report locale settings.  (Closes: #98550)
  * Add -L option to make mailing list CC's easier.  (Closes: #98707)
  * Added tags support (and a -T option).  (Closes: #97275)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri,  1 Jun 2001 23:54:33 -0500

reportbug (1.16) unstable; urgency=low

  * End-of-semester bugfix fun...
  * Fix documentation and program so --filename actually works as a long
    option.  (Closes: #95057)
  * Remove the discussion of querybts's option "-w" in reportbug.1
    (Closes: #95786)
  * Add explicit quit option to the internal BTS browser.  (Closes: #96589)
  * reportbug seems to run under Python 2.0 here; applied patch from
    Gordon Sadler to fix bug comparison.  (Closes: #95481)
  * Make sure allow_numbers is passed on in recursive calls to
    select_options() in reportbug_ui_text.  (Closes: #95553)
  * If unable to connect to the BTS, prompt for abort instead of just
    barrelling on through.  (Closes: #96005)
  * Include locale information in the System Information section of bug
    reports.  (Closes: #95805)
  * Include date of submission in displayed reports.  (Closes: #93733)
  * Include the bug report number in a pseudoheader in followup reports.
    (Closes: #93570)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat, 12 May 2001 01:21:05 -0500

reportbug (1.15) unstable; urgency=low

  * Port forward a fix from 0.54.1 in LDAP queries.
  * Fix description of the '-d' option in the help.  (Closes: #87821)
  * minor and wishlist bugs now prompt the submitter whether or not they
    should go to maintonly.  (Closes: #87122)
  * Better heuristic for non-existent packages when querying.
    (Closes: #86149)
  * Fix use of deprecated list.append(x,y) for list.append((x,y)).
    (Closes: #93159)
  * Ensure there is a prompt on followups to existing reports.
    (Closes: #88960)
  * Update long description to make it more useful in the context of being
    a "standard" package.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri,  6 Apr 2001 22:48:01 -0500

reportbug (1.14) unstable; urgency=high

  * The root URL for the Debian BTS's CGI scripts has changed.  This
    probably breaks the version in stable horribly, so I may backport a
    fix for proposed-updates.  (Closes: #86032)
  * Rename 'helixcode' to 'ximian'; keep 'helixcode' as an alias for the
    Ximian bug tracking system.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:12:45 -0600

reportbug (1.13) unstable; urgency=low

  * I guess 1.12 wasn't as horribly buggy as I thought it might be :-)
  * Fix reporting with packages that have ": " in their description, like
    gkrellm.  (Closes: #85275)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu,  8 Feb 2001 12:08:31 -0600

reportbug (1.12) unstable; urgency=low

  * The "wait until a good version is in testing before breaking
    everything horribly" release.
  * User interface abstraction in progress... this version may be slightly
    more unstable than usual.  Currently installs reportbug_ui_text
    (working) and reportbug_ui_newt (not fully working for reportbug,
    but used by querybts).
  * For kicks, try querybts --ui=text.  If it breaks, both pieces are yours.
  * Remove dependency on whiptail; all querybts dialogs are now handled by
    python-newt.
  * Improvements in screen handling in querybts.  This should resolve the
    remaining issues with #82895.  (Closes: #82895)
  * Fix skip command in the reportbug browser when there is more than one
    page of bugs in the same category.  (Closes: #84327)
  * Looking at individual bug reports in reportbug now works a bit
    differently; you are now prompted if you want to give more info and
    can launch a browser to look at that bug.  (To put it another way: the
    functionality of querybts is merged in, even in text mode.  UI
    abstraction is our friend.)  Downside: a few more keypresses to look
    at lots of reports.
  * You can now quit while looking at a report in querybts.  (Closes: #62614)
  * redisplay now shows the last screenful, not just min(last_screenful,
    last_category).  Someone complained about this in an already-closed
    report (in addition to the main issue, which was resolved elsewhere).
  * Don't clear the screen in querybts if it exits without an exception.
  * pgp/gpg signing now omits the pseudoheaders from the signed section.
  * Report numbers with a leading # now really work in querybts.  Note that
    you'll have to escape (or quote) the # in many shells...
  * Remove some cruft from the source tree.
  * Incorporated support for the Progeny BTS.  Queries are not available
    (I have not written a GNATS query module), but report submission is.
  * -C command line option incorporated to specify the class of the report
    for gnats servers.
  * -S command line option allows either gnats or debbugs severities.
    These are mapped transparently to the severity appropriate for the
    specified BTS (i.e. wishlist on debbugs becomes non-critical for
    gnats; non-critical for gnats becomes normal for Debian).
  * The --bts option now overrides whatever's detected from the package
    info.  However, bts options in the rc files will not override that
    setting.  This seems like a reasonable default so Origin makes sense
    on Debian forks, who can set /etc/reportbug.conf to point to their BTS.
  * Updated TODO list to add some things that have been kicking around in
    my head.
  * If multiple packages match a file requested by the -f option, list the
    first 3 matching files for each package.
  * Old --quiet is now --report-quiet; removed short option.
  * New --quiet suppresses diagnostic output to stderr; nothing except
    prompts should be written to the screen by reportbug when this flag is
    specified.  Primarily for UI testing.
  * reportbug now has special prompt support for particular packages.
    This is particularly useful with pseudopackages like wnpp, wherein the
    severity of the report should be based on the subject (and the subject
    should include certain keywords).  (Note that this is different from
    the "included in package" prompt support, which has been supported for
    some time.)  Try reporting a wnpp bug to see what it does... who
    knows, you may even like it ;-)
  * Updated priority to 'standard'.
  
 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Tue,  6 Feb 2001 09:58:01 -0600

reportbug (1.11) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Another fix to -B option.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:21:24 -0600

reportbug (1.10) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix -B option when a package's status is not queried by reportbug.
    (Closes: #83552)
  * Somewhat better handling of bogus $http_proxy settings.  reportbug and
    querybts still fail with an exception, but it gives a hint why.  Also
    document the syntax even more explicitly in the man pages.  (Closes: #83301)
  * You can now do 'querybts #82843' (allowing a leading #).  (Closes: #82843)
  * If you're running querybts under Python 2.x, use the webbrowser module
    instead of our own internal logic.  (Closes: #83545)
  * Handle missing reports more gracefully.  (Closes: #83579)
  * List all addresses a report is sent to, not just those specified on the
    command line.  (Closes: #81609)
  * If you request more info on a bug, $PAGER will be used.
    (Closes: #82791, #48328)
  * reportbug now runs if readline cannot be imported.
  * Tab-completion is now supported at some prompts if the readline module
    can be imported.  This affects the severity prompt and the packages
    prompt at the moment.  (Closes: #81496, #82843)
  * Leading and trailing spaces on input are now stripped.  This shouldn't
    hurt anything, and makes tab completion behave nicely.
  * Complies to policy 3.2.1.0, no changes necessary.
  
 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 00:41:34 -0600

reportbug (1.9) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix crasher in reportbug -f.  (Closes: #81060, #81134)
  * The -o option now overrides any mua setting.  (Closes: #81048)
  * reportbug no longer displays multiple screenfuls at once.
    (Closes: #48444)  Thanks to Shaleh for his suggested fix.
  * You can redisplay the last set of bugs listed too.  (Closes: #49154)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat,  6 Jan 2001 21:21:31 -0600

reportbug (1.8) unstable; urgency=low

  * Revert time locale in reportbug.rfcdatestr() after calling strftime.
  * Try to find a file specified with -f before following symlinks.
    (Closes: #78583)
  * Quote the "real name" part of email addresses using rfc822.quote if
    necessary.
  * Accepts $REPORTBUGEMAIL as a possible From address; also, now the
    --email option (and email config file option) override any environment
    variables except $REPORTBUGEMAIL.  (Closes: #79976)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 14:48:31 -0600

reportbug (1.7) unstable; urgency=low

  * Virtual packages list synchronized with
    http://www.debian.org/Bugs/pseudo-packages (Closes: #78489).

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri,  1 Dec 2000 21:55:10 -0600

reportbug (1.6) unstable; urgency=low

  * "Serious" severity was misnamed "severe," so people could not file
    serious bug reports.  (Closes: #78412)
  * Fix followup template bug.  (Closes: #78434)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:18:06 -0600

reportbug (1.5) unstable; urgency=high

  * Rename local variable "system" to "bts".  (Closes: #78037, #78038)
  * Handle "mailto" submissions.
  * Support the updated bug severities list.
  * Followup support was fixed in 1.4.  (Closes: #71842)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 18:18:38 -0600

reportbug (1.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * Happy Belated Thanksgiving.
  * Fix followup boilerplate for non-Debian BTSes.  (Closes: #76790)
  * Add "minor" severity, not that I can find any documentation of its
    existence...  (Closes: #76665)
  * #75137 was fixed in 1.1 (same as #68681, I think).  (Closes: #75137)
  * Remove support for the TDYC bug tracking system, since KDE2 is in
    Debian now and the BTS there has been shut down.  (Closes: #77335)
  * Add support for the Origin and Bugs headers.  (Closes: #76669)
    Origin probably works well, Bugs probably doesn't do what you want it
    to yet (it can report to the server, but I'm almost certain it won't
    query the right server).
  * BTSes found in /etc/dpkg/origins/* will be added to the BTS list
    automatically.  Any Bugs: line other than debbugs URLs will probably not
    work, however.
  * Some internal architecture support for reporting to GNATS.  It isn't
    all there yet, so unless you want to see tracebacks tread lightly.
  * #62338 is not a bug; see the -i option.  (Closes: #62338)
  * Incredible hackery to avoid weird issues when your cwd gets deleted in
    the middle of running reportbug.  (Closes: #77954)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 01:03:55 -0600

reportbug (1.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix mh/nmh reporting, thanks to a patch from Chris Danis.
    (Closes: #56773)
  * Fix prompt handling.  (Closes: #70048)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon,  4 Sep 2000 11:52:31 -0500

reportbug (1.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Remove "USERNAME" as an environment variable to use for the user's
    "real name", since some of the build tools seem to set it to `id -un`
    for some reason.
  * "manual" is not a valid pseudopackage for Debian; remove it.
    (Closes: #69624)
  * New option: --query-only.  (Closes: #69213)
  * 'querybts -w' now uses the CGI urls for a BTS, if available.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 01:08:41 -0500

reportbug (1.1) unstable; urgency=high

  * The "I shoulda called it 0.99" release.
  * Fix stupid thinkos.  (Closes: #68667, #68672)
  * reportbug now thinks a package is installed unless it is in the states
    of 'config-files' (only) or 'not-installed'. (Closes: #68681)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun,  6 Aug 2000 23:17:30 -0500

reportbug (1.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * Jump to 1.0; I think the basic implementation is now stable.
  * Enabled "query-dpkg" for the Helix Code BTS, since they supply .debs.
  * LDAP is no longer the default system for communicating with the BTS.
    Config files changed accordingly.
  * '-l' means '--ldap' now, which actually makes more sense.
  * We now use the cgi interface to the Debian BTS if available.  This
    should eliminate most latency issues.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun,  6 Aug 2000 04:08:00 -0500

reportbug (0.59) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix bug in LDAP queries.  (Closes: #68519, #68616)
  * Add virtual package 'wnpp'.  (Closes: #68608)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri,  4 Aug 2000 12:48:02 -0500

reportbug (0.58) unstable; urgency=low

  * Added "helixcode" to the list of supported BTSes.
  * Set COLUMNS before calling dpkg; this is needed to play nicely with
    upcoming dpkg 1.7.  (Closes: #66746)
  * Rationalization of the debianbts and reportbug modules.  Only things
    specific to reportbug are in the reportbug module.  (Closes: #66323)
  * Exceptions in querybts now leave the terminal in a less inconsistent
    state.
  * Missing reports no longer crash querybts.  (Closes: #67870)
  * Packages that are removed, but still have config files, are now
    correctly detected.  (Closes: #67002)
  * Handle the functions documented in the bug package's
    /usr/share/doc/bug/README.developers.  (Closes: #59401)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Tue,  1 Aug 2000 23:11:58 -0500

reportbug (0.57) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix weird bug where LDAP database didn't get the whole bug report (see
    #25554 for an example).  (Closes: #65369).

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu,  8 Jun 2000 18:31:32 -0500

reportbug (0.56) unstable; urgency=low

  * Renamed "Ok" button to "Quit" in querybts. (Closes: #65008)
  * Renamed --bts-query (and --no-bts-query) to --query-bts (and
    --no-query-bts) to fix a option name conflict.  (Closes: #64939)
  * Also changed the corresponding rc file options for consistency.
    Look for "unrecognized token" messages.
  * Add various versions of emacs and xemacs to the list of programs
    reportbug knows how to move the cursor start position in.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu,  1 Jun 2000 19:27:00 -0500

reportbug (0.55) unstable; urgency=low

  general stuff:
  * Lotsa fixes here...
  * Handle 407 "proxy authentication required" like 401 "authorization
    required" (Closes: #60445)
  * Handle empty bug bodies more gracefully.  (Closes: #63935)

  querybts stuff:
  * Renamed "cancel" as "quit" in querybts.  (Closes: #63167)
  * Fix the "cannot connect to BTS" terminal reset issue.  (Closes:
    #63443)
  * Handle missing subjects in HTTP bug lists.  (Closes: #64305)

  reportbug stuff:
  * The pager for changed config files actually works now.  (Closes: #60275)
  * Non-pseudoheaders are now acceptable in the pseudoheader section.
    (Closes: #62762, #63790)
  * Calls to raw_input() replaced with a local function that traps Ctrl-D
    and handles it gracefully.  (Closes: #62814)
  * Allow sending an empty bug report if you jump through enough hoops.
    (Closes: #63032)
  * 'i' now completely removed.  If you want to do what 'i' did, use 'm'
    in the BTS browser. (Closes: #63323)
  * I tried to work around #63970 ("weird behavior on sparc"), please test.
  * Don't fork 'tty' every time we print something.
  * Added logic to make it harder to submit a 'general' bug report, since
    I've been seeing a lot of (bogus instances of) them filed with
    reportbug lately.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu, 18 May 2000 11:30:01 -0500

reportbug (0.54) frozen unstable; urgency=low

  * The "Chris should never take a vacation" release.
  * Got rid of now-redundant "i" option in BTS browser.  (Closes: #59601)
  * Reporting bugs in virtual packages works again.  (Closes: #59946, #60136)
  * 'boot-floppies' is used instead of 'bootdisk' for the virtual package
    for the boot subsystem.  (Closes: #59773)
  * #59334 was fixed in 0.52 (Closes: #59334)
  * Implement basic HTTP authorization in the URLopener subclass (by
    cheating and using FancyURLopener instead).  (Closes: #59980)
  * Disabled bug template support; removed our example file.  An
    implementation of the more flexible system used by 'bug' will appear
    when I actually have some time to code.
  
 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 18:39:12 -0800

reportbug (0.53) frozen unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix LDAP bug listing when severity field is missing.  (Closes: #59430)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Thu,  2 Mar 2000 09:53:11 -0600

reportbug (0.52) frozen unstable; urgency=low

  * Get an updated version into frozen, since 0.49-52 fix umpteen bugs.
    (Thanks to Josip Rodin for the suggestion.)
  * Improved long description.  (Closes: #59297)
  * Fix dopey typo in fix for #58230.  (Closes: #59298)
  * 'y' in the bug browser now drops you into the "provide more
    information" path.  (Closes: #59300)
  * These changes all thanks to Joey Hess.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:11:15 -0600

reportbug (0.51) unstable; urgency=low

  * debianbts.py: Fix problem that can occur if an older version of the
    LDAP libraries is installed; also fix related problem that occurs if
    ldap module is not installed.  (Closes: #59161)
  * reportbug: add '--bts-query' option (Closes: #57790)
  * reportbug.py: add "bug details template" support to the package.  This
    supports providing a per-package set of instructions to the user that
    will (hopefully) help the maintainer track down the bug more easily.
    It uses a file /usr/share/doc/{package}/Debian.bugtemplate, which
    should contain some special instructions for the user.  A lame example
    of this template appears in this package.  (Closes: #58816)
  * reportbug: Added maintainer name to spam.  (Closes: #58230)
  * reportbug: You can now view the modified configuration files before
    deciding whether or not to send them.  (Closes: #57710)
  * debianbts.py: The date and the submitter are listed for bugs in the
    LDAP database.  (Closes: #57711)
  * Added build dependency; updated to Standards Version 3.1.1.0

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:59:16 -0600

reportbug (0.50) unstable; urgency=low

  * debianbts.py: handle LDAP database entries without subjects.
    (Closes: #56663)
  * reportbug.py: handle EMAIL/DEBEMAIL properly if it contains a full
    "Real Name <user@host>".  (Closes: #56678)
  * Note that #56523 and #56678 have not shown up on the RC list; if they
    do, I will release a 0.48.1 containing those fixes only.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 21:25:38 -0600

reportbug (0.49) unstable; urgency=low

  * reportbug: really fix race conditions.  (Closes: #56523)
    Thanks to Colin Phipps for the patch.
  * querybts: don't crash when a bug requested by number can't be
    found. (Closes: #56296)
  * querybts: don't go funky when launching a text-mode browser from a
    numbered report.
  * reportbug: disallowed sending the report if it's unmodified; tried to
    work around cases where the editor is backgrounded.  (Closes: #56339)
  * Added support for Mandrake's debbugs system (as "mandrake").
  * Close spurious bug report caused while submitter was testing bug fixes
    to #56523.  (Closes: #56521)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 22:02:10 -0600

reportbug (0.48) unstable; urgency=low

  * Properly report forwarded bugs when using the LDAP database.
  * Interrupt in querybts actually works right, now.
  * Note that 'querybts -w' will show the full story behind a bug report
    in the man page.  Also added an option to launch a browser from the
    bug report page.  (Closes: #49156)
  * Fixed "missing screens when in xterm/rxvt" problem in querybts.
    (Closes: #49151)
  * Import readline to avoid problems with keyboard stuff.  (Closes: #51337)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 12:25:22 -0600

reportbug (0.47) unstable; urgency=low

  * reportbug now works without python-ldap; downgrade python-ldap to a
    suggestion, since it brings in lots of bloat packages and is of
    priority extra.
  * Remove suggestion of mail-reader.  Specific mail readers
    (af, mutt, nmh, mh) permit extra features, but all of them don't.
  * Added word "new" to clean up a message.  (Closes: #54030)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Tue,  4 Jan 2000 06:24:45 -0600

reportbug (0.46) unstable; urgency=low

  * Work-around apparent bug in python-ldap.  (Closes: #52459, #52467, #52474)
  * "Extra info" option in reportbug is now 'i', not 'x'.  (Closes: #52308)
  * You can now enter a bug number at the "Is the bug you found..."
    prompt. (Closes: #52309)
  * Cleaned up Ctrl-C exit from querybts.
  
 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 23:57:25 -0600

reportbug (0.45) unstable; urgency=low

  * Declare dependency on whiptail.  (Really Closes: #51682)
  * Upgrade python-newt to dependency, since querybts seems ready for
    prime-time (despite a few cosmetic bugs).

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon,  6 Dec 1999 23:41:44 -0600

reportbug (0.44) unstable; urgency=low

  * Disable smtphost if mua is enabled.  (Closes: #50754)
  * Handle LDAP exceptions better, using new features in python-ldap 1.8-1.
    (Closes: #50780)
  * Always search /usr/sbin, /usr/bin, /sbin, and /bin when searching for
    a file in the user's path.  (Closes: #50623)
  * Specify full path for whiptail in querybts.  (Closes: #51682)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat,  4 Dec 1999 15:28:20 -0600

reportbug (0.43) unstable; urgency=low

  * Back out change in 0.42 that broke reportbug if you didn't have a 
    "real name".  (Closes: #50378)
  * Don't try to get input in find_package_for() if we don't have a TTY.
    Instead, list matching package names.  (Closes: #50622)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 10:22:36 -0600

reportbug (0.42) unstable; urgency=low

  * You can now configure your email address, etc., using
    /etc/reportbug.conf or ~/.reportbugrc.
  * "Internal" mailer support.  (Closes: #50155)
  * You can now set a number of parameters on the command line that
    previously were set in the environment.
  * Fix bugs introduced when changing querybts to use the mirror list from
    the configuration file.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 15:11:43 -0600

reportbug (0.41) unstable; urgency=low

  * Close LDAP connection after query module is no longer needed.
    (Closes: #49085)
  * querybts now supports entering a bug number at the command line.
    (Closes: #49155)
  * 'querybts -w' emulates the bugview script from "bug".  (Closes: #48360)
  * #48457 is due to the debbugs software, not reportbug, and is a feature
    of its nightly rebuild of its web pages.  (Closes: #48457)
  * querybts now respects the mirrors list from /etc/reportbug.conf
  * Reports that are too wide in querybts are now truncated at the right,
    instead of the left.  (Closes: #49150).

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 14:04:53 -0600

reportbug (0.40) unstable; urgency=low

  * Much better message if querybts can't run because python-newt is not
    installed.  python-newt will become a dependency of the package when
    reportbug includes the newt interface too.  (Closes: #48792)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 11:19:18 -0600

reportbug (0.39) unstable; urgency=low

  * Copes better with bad/missing input in the BTS query interface.
    (Closes: #48009)
  * Better exit messages than "Aborted."  (Closes: #48615)
  * If ^C is pressed to exit, get something better-looking than a Python
    stack dump.  (Closes: #48694)
  * Now include the (somewhat incomplete) querybts program; add
    appropriate suggestion for python-newt.  (Closes: #44805)
  * No longer dies if configuration files can't be opened.
  * More informative error message if a conf file can't be read.
    (Closes: #48710)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat, 30 Oct 1999 09:01:23 -0500

reportbug (0.38) unstable; urgency=low

  * Removed "fixed" from the severities menu.  You can still submit
    "fixed" bugs, but the option is now invisible.  (Closes: #47863)
  * You can submit more information about an outstanding bug from the
    query interface, using 'x' (for "extra information").
    (Closes: #47868)
  * Bug reports can be signed with either GnuPG (--gpg) or PGP (-pgp).
    You can also automatically do this (using /etc/reportbug.conf or
    ~/.reportbugrc) if desired (sign gpg|pgp).
    (cfr. "bug" wishlist item #45779)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 02:13:59 -0500

reportbug (0.37) unstable; urgency=low

  * Handle BTSes with mirrors; use the config file to set the priority
    ordering if desired.  (No mirror listing will lead to the default
    behavior.)  (Closes: #47488)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 23:34:10 -0500

reportbug (0.36) unstable; urgency=low

  * The "my feet really hurt from having to fix this standing at the
    terminal space at ALS" release.
  * Fix massively stupid thinko in 0.35. (Closes: #47533/#47538)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat, 16 Oct 1999 09:41:47 -0500

reportbug (0.35) unstable; urgency=low

  * The "I'm headed to ALS and therefore need to get my affairs in order"
    release.  (OK, so it's not as cool as the libc release names; sue me).
  * If a special package name format is used by a BTS, use that format
    string to form queries of that BTS.  Specifically, it will sort-of
    merge the results of a query for "package" and the formatted package
    name.  [This only affects the TDYC server at present, since it's the
    only one that uses these query strings.]  (Closes: #47396)
  * A preliminary console BTS browser has been written; however, I'm
    waiting on the new newt packages to move out of Incoming before
    including it.  (Does anyone know how/if it's possible to get a newt
    text box to scroll horizontally?  That's the biggest remaining
    obstacle to having a good interface.)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 02:12:33 -0500

reportbug (0.34) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed sort order of bug lists returned from LDAP servers.
  * Re-read the edited file after the user says Yes.  This further
    addresses #46770.  (Closes: #46770)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 18:37:18 -0500

reportbug (0.33) unstable; urgency=HIGH

  * Possible symlink exploits fixed. (Closes: #46958)
  * Started a TODO list.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri,  8 Oct 1999 19:25:02 -0500

reportbug (0.32) unstable; urgency=low

  * Attempt to cope with editors started in the background (by searching
    for '&' in the EDITOR/VISUAL command line).  (Closes: #46770)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Wed,  6 Oct 1999 23:34:53 -0500

reportbug (0.31) unstable; urgency=low

  * You can now disable LDAP access (--no-ldap).
  * Fallback to HTTP access if LDAP access generates an exception
    (i.e. if connection is refused by an LDAP server).

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon,  4 Oct 1999 19:22:59 -0500

reportbug (0.30) unstable; urgency=low

  * debianbts.py now supports LDAP queries; only the "Debian" BTS uses
    this feature so far.  This helps ensure that you are aware of the current
    state of the BTS.  (Further addresses #40115)  LDAP access to Debian
    seems faster, particularly for getting the text of reports.
  * Modules are now installed in /usr/lib/site-python (version-independent
    Python module directory in Debian).  This way other packages can use
    them (I think the API is more-or-less stable).
  * Proper message if you query a specific report and it's not available.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun,  3 Oct 1999 22:22:36 -0500

reportbug (0.29) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix postinst to compile the modules in the correct directory.
  * Update manpage to use 'X-Debbugs-CC' as the recommended --header
    parameter.  Note that other BTSes may use other headers.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat, 18 Sep 1999 23:32:31 -0500

reportbug (0.28) unstable; urgency=low

  * When not connected to a tty, default to print-only mode.
  * --output now cancels out --print.
  * If 'stty size' returns '0 0', set reasonable defaults.  (For use in
    emacs' M-x shell).
  * Shared files now in /usr/share/reportbug.
  * Changes to reportbug.realpath() to not fully resolve certain FHS
    directories that may be local symlinks.  (Closes: #44932)
    (These are top-level directories specified by FSSTND and FHS that
    may be symlinked by local administrators to distribute files over
    multiple filesystems.)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 21:02:10 -0500

reportbug (0.27) unstable; urgency=low

  * Changed *.py to no longer start with #!; fixes two lintian warnings.
  * Copes much better when standard output is not a tty.  (Closes: #44437)
    This allows C-u M-! reportbug (options) in emacs to generate a nicely
    formatted report template.  Thanks to Francesco Potorti` for the
    report.
  
 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon,  6 Sep 1999 16:04:12 -0500

reportbug (0.26) unstable; urgency=low

  * Now in full FHS compliance; upgraded to Standards-Version 3.0.1.1.
  * Uses symlinks in accordance with tech ctte. decision, as implemented
    by debhelper 2.0.40.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon,  6 Sep 1999 01:29:24 -0500

reportbug (0.25) unstable; urgency=low

  * Code cleanups to make reportbug less Debian- and debbugs-centric.
  * Calls with -B {gnome,kde} bypass the Debian package manager and don't
    put the Debian release or architecture in the report.
  * Bugs sent to tdyc now have their package field append '-debian', to
    better reflect TDYC's tracking policies.  (Closes: #44000)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun,  5 Sep 1999 01:30:15 -0500

reportbug (0.24) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed a bug that made reportbug claim all conffiles were modified,
    even if they weren't. (Closes: #43871)
  * Now distinguishes between pseudo-headers and other headers (like
    X-Debian-CC:) in reports.  Pseudo-headers are reordered if necessary
    so they appear in the sequence: Package, Version, Severity, File.
    (Closes: #43868)
  * Fiddled around with the man page somewhat.  If it's 4 pages long, it's
    not "briefly" documenting anything anymore.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Wed,  1 Sep 1999 00:31:42 -0500

reportbug (0.23) unstable; urgency=low

  * Add "listarchives" to the list of pseudo-packages that you can report
    bugs in.
  * Now supports --bts=gnome for the GNOME bug tracking system (a
    lightly-modified debbugs implementation).
  * debianbts.py now supports fetching individual bug reports, and
    reportbug provides an interface to this capability.  (Closes: #43219)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 02:09:09 -0500

reportbug (0.22) unstable; urgency=low

  * Don't crash if we can't query the BTS. (Closes: #43056)
  * Now supports a simple rc file in /etc/reportbug.conf or ~/.reportbugrc
    (with the contents of the latter overriding the contents of the
    former).  See man page for details.  (Closes: #42774)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 06:40:04 -0500

reportbug (0.21) unstable; urgency=low

  * reportbug.get_dependency_info() now actually acts sensibly; also
    doesn't crash if a package doesn't depend on anything else.
    (Closes: #42328)
  * Warn if you're reporting a bug in a non-existant package.
  * Don't crash if you're reporting a bug in a virtual package.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon,  2 Aug 1999 18:35:28 -0500

reportbug (0.20) unstable; urgency=low

  * reportbug.get_package_info() was broken for packages with names
    containing regular expression metacharacters.  Thanks to Robert
    Vollmert for a patch.  (Closes: #42199)
  * Avoid truncating version numbers of packages.  Remove debugging info
    too.  (Closes: #42181)
  * Better prompts, including help.  Thanks to a suggestion from Achim
    Bohnet.  (Closes: #42087)
  * --version and --help no longer warn about the security implications of
    running reportbug as root.
  * Redesigned the configuration file handling system.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri, 30 Jul 1999 16:09:49 -0500

reportbug (0.19.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Updated the man page to reflect current options for --bts.
  * Fixed --bts to reject bogus options.
  * --bts and --severity have new 'help' option.
  * -S (--severity) now in --help.
  * (Below were changes in the withdrawn 0.19:)
  * Mention $http_proxy on the man page. (Closes: #41982)
  * Provide info on packages providing virtual packages. (Closes: #42024)
  * Package listing reformatted to provide this info.  The provided
    package appears in brackets after the name.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Wed, 28 Jul 1999 03:55:12 -0500
  
reportbug (0.18) unstable; urgency=low

  * Generate a message for unreadable conf files instead of stopping with
    an exception.  (Closes: #41736)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:40:56 -0500

reportbug (0.17) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix really stupid bug introduced when fixing #41638. (Closes: #41704)

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:14:49 -0500

reportbug (0.16) unstable; urgency=low

  * Use "kde-debian" instead of "kde" for tdyc alias. (Closes: #41628)
  * "kde" now points to the KDE debbugs server. (Closes: #41629)
  * Don't lose other dependencies when pre-dependencies exist.
    (Closes: #41638).
  * Ignore $CC if it doesn't have an @ in it.  (Closes: #41641)
  * Thanks to Achim Bohnet for all of these reports.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 19 Jul 1999 18:39:53 -0500

reportbug (0.15) unstable; urgency=low

  * Remove extraneous diff file from source tree (introduced in 0.14).
  * Include a default severity level when prompted.  Suggestion by
    Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho. (Closes: #41332)
  * Support alternate debbugs servers, using new --bts (-B) option.
    Defaults to 'debian'; also supports 'tdyc' (or 'kde').  For
    example, to report a bug in kdebase use 'reportbug -B kde kdebase'.
    Feel free to add/suggest support for other debbugs servers.
    Suggestion by Achim Bohnet. (Closes: #41374)
  * greportbug is sorta getting there.  Any Gtk+ guru wanna tell me why my
    labels and option menus look like someone was drunk when they were
    aligned?  [See the source package...]

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 03:14:26 -0500

reportbug (0.14) unstable; urgency=low

  * Add patch from Stephen Pitts to prompt for a severity level if none is
    specified on the command line.  (Closes: #41187)
  * Modify ewrite() to call sys.stderr.flush() after each call.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 19:10:20 -0500

reportbug (0.13) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix several thinkos in reportbug.get_changed_config_files()

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun,  4 Jul 1999 12:18:32 -0500

reportbug (0.12) unstable; urgency=high

  * Changed rfcdatestr() call to properly reference the reportbug module.
    (Closes: #40713)
  * Changed dependency back to python-base (>= 1.5.2-4).

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun,  4 Jul 1999 00:10:39 -0500

reportbug (0.11) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed man page to document --no-bts-query (-b).
  * Dependency modified until unstable picks up the python 1.5.2-4 upload
    for non-PowerPC architectures; avoid using versioned dependencies on
    packages obsoleted by 1.5.2-4 to make Gregor's life easier.
  * Alias sys.stderr.write() -> ewrite()
  * No greportbug yet (sorry X fans).

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 01:02:04 -0500

reportbug (0.10) unstable; urgency=low

  * Changed several popen() calls to use the 'commands' module;
    makes for much cleaner code.
  * Changed dependency to "python-base (>= 1.5.2-4)"; avoids dependencies
    on obsolete python-{misc,net}.
  * If the package was found using --filename (-f), include that filename
    in the report header.
  * Properly handle the case where some, but not all, conffiles have been
    removed.
  * List outstanding bug reports on the package to help maintain sanity
    of developers; new option --no-bts-query (-b) added for offline use.
    (Closes: #40115)
  * Modularized somewhat in preparation for greportbug (hopefully in 0.11).
    + Common functions in /usr/lib/reportbug/*.py:
      - reportbug.py: local queries, resolving paths, outputting template
                      reports, etc.
      - debianbts.py: querying the BTS proper (nifty HTML parser).
      [These are compiled by the postinst.]
    + user interfaces import these modules as needed

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 03:20:11 -0500

reportbug (0.9) unstable; urgency=low

  * You can now re-edit the bug report at the send-confirmation prompt.
  * --filename (-f) now searches the path first (to force using a file in
    the current directory, use './name').

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 02:46:31 -0500

reportbug (0.8) unstable; urgency=low

  * Add menu entry, since it can be run with no arguments.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:54:17 -0500

reportbug (0.7) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix Bug#38862: reportbug does not (correctly) honour the -p option.
  * Close #38691; the description problem was addressed in reportbug 0.4.
  * Merged all the "NameError: mua" bugs together in the BTS.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat,  5 Jun 1999 20:39:20 -0500

reportbug (0.6.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Automate version number handling, based on debian/changelog
    (0.6 called itself 0.5).  0.6 is withdrawn accordingly.
  * The "NameError: mua" bug was fixed in 0.5; relevant bug reports have
    been closed.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 31 May 1999 16:13:11 -0500

reportbug (0.6) unstable; urgency=medium

  * You can now abbreviate bug severity levels (to first letter).
    Part of bug #38628 (the rest is reassigned to python-base).
  * Changed "file.close()" to "pipe.close()" at line 450; may fix bug
    #38637 (only affects people without /etc/debian_version).

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Mon, 31 May 1999 15:11:00 -0500

reportbug (0.5) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fixed bug #38566 (Check $DEBEMAIL before $EMAIL; etc.)  Summary:
    . $DEBEMAIL will be used before $EMAIL for an address (i.e. x@y.org)
    . $DEBNAME or $NAME will be used before $USERNAME for the "real name"
      part of the address.  If neither is available, will use the real
      name from /etc/passwd.
  * Quoting of real names is now done in accordance with RFC 822.
  * Fixed bug that occurred if you didn't specify an MUA.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 30 May 1999 15:53:00 -0500

reportbug (0.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * Rearranged the code so options are processed before figuring out your
    email address.
  * Fixed bug #38541 (reportbug fails calling exim's /usr/sbin/sendmail).
  * Corollary: if your /usr/sbin/sendmail fails, the bug report will be
    saved as if you had no MTA.
  * Don't warn about sending configuration files if it's only because a
    conffile has been removed.
  * --filename (-f) option now handles files with symbolic links in their
    pathnames. (cfr. #23821 [bug])
  * --mutt (-M) option allows you to use mutt instead of an editor to file
    bug reports.  (cfr. #10837 [bug])
  * --af (-a) is similar, but uses the af mail reader.
  * --nmh and --mh (-n) is also similar, but uses the "comp" command from
    mh/nmh.
  * --mua allows you to do this with any mail reader that can edit draft
    messages specified on the command line.  (However, send me anything
    needed for other editors, please!)
  * New option: --version.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 30 May 1999 01:31:33 -0500

reportbug (0.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed a small typo in the copyright.
  * Now includes whatever your system thinks the date is in the bug
    report; may be helpful if you save the bug report and email it later.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sun, 16 May 1999 00:02:58 -0500

reportbug (0.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Changed virtual package date format to YYYY-MM-DD; per request from
    Jim Van Zandt on debian-devel.
  * Added a message to the report if modified configuration files were
    omitted at the user's request.
  * It's now always verbose; useful on slower systems (so you can tell
    it's actually working).
  * A few typo fixes.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Sat, 15 May 1999 09:14:25 -0500

reportbug (0.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Initial Release.

 -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>  Fri, 14 May 1999 05:38:23 -0500
