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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 the testing and reporting of bugs. Since Xfce runs on various platforms and in a variety of different setups, testing all changes, in every possible situation, is an impossible task. As such, we kindly ask our users to assist us in testing, and reporting all bugs that they may find, using our [[https://gitlab.xfce.org|issue tracker]]. 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 platforms and in a variety of different setups, testing all changes, in every possible situation, is an impossible task. As such, we kindly ask our users to assist us in testing, and reporting all bugs that they may find, using our [[https://gitlab.xfce.org|issue tracker]].
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 ===== Crashes ===== ===== 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.+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.
  
-Nonetheless there are a couple of things you can do to help resolving them:+There are a couple of things you can do to help us resolve these issues and help making the experience of using Xfce better for everyone. We appreciate your help.
  
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 ==== Search First ==== ==== Search First ====
-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. +Search the open issues of the project to see if the issue is already known. Also, look through resolved issues because the issue might be fixed already, but has not been released or applied downstream.
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-  * For a list of currently open bugs, see the [[:contribute:bugs:bug-summary|open bugs summary]].+
  
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 ==== Backtraces ==== ==== Backtraces ====
  
-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 //backtrace// of the crash. However most distributions by default make backtrace output useless because there binaries are optimized and do not contain human-readable information to make a relation between the compiled code and the source code (like file, function and variable-names).+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 //backtrace// of the crash. However most distributions by default make backtrace output useless because their binaries are optimized and do not contain human-readable information to make a relation between the compiled code and the source code (like file, function, and variable-names).
  
 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.