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- | ====== Bug Reporting ====== | + | ====== 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 platform and in a lot of different setups, testing all changes in every possible situation is an impossible task. As such we kindly ask users to assist in testing, and reporting all bugs they may find, using our [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org|bug tracker]]. | + | One of the most useful tasks that we rely on the community for is testing and reporting of bugs. Since Xfce runs on various platform and in a lot of different setups, testing all changes in every possible situation is an impossible task. As such we kindly ask users to assist in testing, and reporting all bugs they may find, using our [[https://gitlab.xfce.org|issue tracker]]. |
- | 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 then submitting a patch file. | + | ===== Crashes ===== |
- | === Detailed Sections === | + | We always try to make the software as stable as possible, but there is always a possibility a crash or segfault can occur. To problem with crashes is that they are not always reproducible by the developers, this makes it quite often hard to track-down the problem and patch the issue. |
- | [[backtrace|Backtraces]]\\ | + | Nonetheless there are a couple of things you can do to help resolving them: |
- | Gather information about crashes/ | + | |
- | [[: | + | ==== Search First ==== |
- | How to compile Xfce from source to provide better debug information. | + | Search the [[https:// |
- | ===== Feature Requests ===== | + | |
- | Although the philosophy of Xfce is to find the correct balance between features and lightweight, | + | ==== Report ==== |
- | 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. | + | If you have not found anything or missed it, report it in the bug tracker. Reports that only say ' |
- | Afterwards | + | In the description provide |
- | Obviously its also nice if you can write a patch that implements | + | If the developer cannot reproduce it, he might ask for a // |
- | ===== Crashes ===== | + | ==== Backtraces |
- | We always try to make the software as stable as possible, but there is always a possibility a crash or segfault can occur. To problem with crashes is that they are not always reproducible by the developers, this makes it quite often hard to track-down the problem | + | 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 // |
- | Nonetheless there are a couple of things | + | 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. |
- | ==== Search First ==== | + | In case of panel plugins there is some additional information on [[:xfce:xfce4-panel: |
- | 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:// | + | |
- | ==== Report ==== | + | * [[https:// |
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- | If you have not found anything or missed it, report it in the bug tracker. Reports that only say ' | + | ===== Fixing Bugs ===== |
- | In the description provide | + | 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/ | ||
- | If the developer cannot reproduce it, he might ask for a // |