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====== Bug Reporting and Fixing====== | ====== Bug Reporting and Fixing====== | ||
- | 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]]. |
- | ===== Feature Requests ===== | + | * **[[: |
- | Although the philosophy of Xfce is to find the correct balance between features and lightweight, | + | ---- |
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- | The right approach for larger changes is to discuss them on the mailing list, or on #xfve-dev first. You might think your idea is brilliant, but there is a high possibility that there are major downsides. | + | |
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- | Afterwards a bug can be opened in the bug tracker. Make sure the // | + | |
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- | Obviously it would benice if you could write a patch that implements the new feature. | + | |
===== 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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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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==== Backtraces ==== | ==== Backtraces ==== | ||
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===== Fixing Bugs ===== | ===== 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" | 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" | ||
- | Not familiar with git? [[contribute/ | + | Not familiar with git? [[contribute/ |
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+ | To get started, best read our [[contribute/ | ||
- | After you managed to download the source code, check [[:xfce:building|this manual]] to see how to build a package from it. | + | [[|Back To Top]] |
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+ | [[ :start:|Return to Main Xfce documentation page]] |