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- | ====== Bug Reporting ====== | + | ~~NOTOC~~ |
+ | ====== 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 | + | * **[[: |
- | === Detailed Sections === | + | ---- |
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- | [[backtrace|Backtraces]]\\ | + | |
- | Gather information about crashes/ | + | |
- | ===== Feature Requests ===== | + | |
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- | Although the philosophy of Xfce is to find the correct balance between features and lightweight, | + | |
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- | 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. | + | |
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- | Afterwards a bug can be opened in the bug tracker and make sure the // | + | |
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- | Obviously its also nice if you can write a patch that implements the feature, but its not a necessity. | + | |
===== Crashes ===== | ===== Crashes ===== | ||
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Nonetheless there are a couple of things you can do to help resolving them: | Nonetheless there are a couple of things you can do to help resolving them: | ||
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==== Search First ==== | ==== 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. | + | Search the [[https://gitlab.xfce.org|issue 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 [[https://gitlab.xfce.org|GIT repository]] might help for the latter. |
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+ | * For a list of currently open bugs, see the [[: | ||
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==== Report ==== | ==== Report ==== | ||
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+ | When writing your bug report, try to be as descriptive as possible, but avoid verbosity; Mozilla has a nice guide on [[https:// | ||
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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In the description provide a short way to reproduce the crash. Also run the application in a terminal and look if there are console warnings, put those in the bug as well. | In the description provide a short way to reproduce the crash. Also run the application in a terminal and look if there are console warnings, put those in the bug as well. | ||
- | 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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+ | [[|Back To Top]] | ||
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+ | ==== Backtraces ==== | ||
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+ | If you do get an Xfce application to crash, it's best to detail exactly what you were doing that led to the crash. In addition, we need the // | ||
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+ | The sites below provide guidance from the respective distributions how to remedy this situation so you can provide all the info we need to fix your issue. | ||
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+ | In case of panel plugins there is some additional information on [[:xfce:xfce4-panel: | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
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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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+ | [[|Back To Top]] | ||
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