In order to track bugs (both software and packaging), many distributions have developed bug tracking systems to manage bug reports and to notify the package maintainers and reporters of changes. The table below shows some of the Debian and Ubuntu tools for tracking bugs.

Bug Tracking Systems (BTS)

Debian : http://bugs.debian.org

Ubuntu : http://launchpad.net/malone/distros/ubuntu

Bugs for Specific Packages

Debian : http://bugs.debian.org/<packagename>

Ubuntu : use search at Ubuntu BTS

Bugs for Source Packages

Debian : http://bugs.debian.org/src:<packagename>

Ubuntu : https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/<packagename>/+bugs

Package Information

Debian : http://packages.debian.org or http://packages.qa.ubuntu.org/<packagename>

Ubuntu : http://packages.ubuntu.com or https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/<packagename> for source packages