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- | ====== Bug Reporting ====== | + | ~~NOTOC~~ |
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+ | ====== Bug Reporting | ||
- | One of the most useful tasks that we rely on the community for is testing and reporting of bugs. Since Xfce runs on various | + | One of the most useful tasks that we rely on the community for is the testing and reporting of bugs. Since Xfce runs on various |
- | Once a bug has been found, the cause of the bug needs to be tracked down, and then (obviously) fixed. If you want to get involved in the actual development process of Xfce a great way to start is by solving bugs and attaching a patch file to the reported bug. ( "git format-patch" is the preferred way to create a patch file ) | + | ---- |
- | If you are not familiar with git, possible [[contribute/ | + | ===== Crashes ===== |
- | === Detailed Sections === | + | We always try to make the Xfce Desktop Environment as stable as possible; but, there is always a possibility that a crash, exception, or a segmentation fault(segfault) may occur. The problem with crashes is that they are not always reproducible by the developers. This often makes it quite hard to track-down the problem and patch the issue. We rely on users, like yourself, to help us in identifying issues, submitting bug reports, and alerting us to issues. |
- | [[: | + | There are a couple of things you can do to help us resolve these issues and help making the experience of using Xfce better |
- | How to compile | + | |
- | ===== Feature Requests ===== | + | |
- | Although the philosophy of Xfce is to find the correct balance between features and lightweight, | + | ---- |
- | This right approach for larger changes is to discuss them on the mailing list first. You might think your idea is brilliant, but there is a high possibility other users. | + | ==== Search First ==== |
+ | Search the open issues of the project | ||
- | Afterwards a bug can be opened in the bug tracker and make sure the // | + | ---- |
- | Obviously its also nice if you can write a patch that implements the feature, but its not a necessity. | + | ==== Report ==== |
- | ===== Crashes ===== | ||
- | We always | + | When writing your bug report, |
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- | Nonetheless there are a couple of things you can do to help resolving them: | + | |
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- | ==== Search First ==== | + | |
- | Search the [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org|bug tracker]] and look if the issue is already known. Also look through the resolved bugs because the issue might be fixed already, but has not been released or applied downstream. Peeking the [[http://git.xfce.org/xfce|GIT repository]] might help for the latter. | + | |
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- | ==== Report ==== | + | |
If you have not found anything or missed it, report it in the bug tracker. Reports that only say ' | If you have not found anything or missed it, report it in the bug tracker. Reports that only say ' | ||
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If the developer cannot reproduce it, he might ask for a // | If the developer cannot reproduce it, he might ask for a // | ||
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+ | ===== Fixing Bugs ===== | ||
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+ | Once a bug has been found, the cause of the bug needs to be tracked down, and then (obviously) fixed. If you want to get involved in the actual development process of Xfce a great way to start is by solving bugs and attaching a patch file to the reported bug. ( "git format-patch" | ||
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+ | Not familiar with git? [[contribute/ | ||
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+ | To get started, best read our [[contribute/ | ||
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