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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 === | + | ---- |
- | [[: | + | ===== Crashes |
- | How to compile Xfce from source to provide better debug information. | + | |
- | ===== Feature Requests | + | |
- | Although the philosophy of Xfce is to find the correct balance between features and lightweight, | + | 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 often makes it quite hard to track-down the problem and patch the issue. |
- | 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. | + | Nonetheless, there are a couple of things you can do to help resolve them. |
- | 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 | + | ==== Search First ==== |
+ | Search the [[https:// | ||
- | ===== Crashes ===== | ||
- | 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. | + | * For a list of currently open bugs, see the [[: |
- | Nonetheless there are a couple of things you can do to help resolving them: | + | ---- |
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- | ==== Search First ==== | + | |
- | Search the [[https:// | + | |
==== 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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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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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. | 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. | ||
- | In case of panel plugins there is some additional information on [[: | + | In case of panel plugins there is some additional information on [[: |
* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
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* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
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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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