Re: [Libreoffice-qa] How Can I Provide More Info For Developers

I'll bring this up at our next conference call and see if there is a
possible solution.


Best Regards,
Joel

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:48 PM, John Smith <lbalbalba@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Joel Madero <jmadero.dev@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sounds good, but I agree with John that better instructions are needed.
> I'm
> > working on a new triage page and hopefully in there we can get someone to
> > contribute incredibly precise, easy for noobs, instructions for every
> type
> > of backtrace/debug. Right now they are really written by experts for
> experts
> > (IMO). I would backtrace much more frequently if I could follow the
> > instructions on how to do it. Every time I feel like I have to go on IRC
> and
> > ask 100 questions.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't think we have enough people packaging to make pre-built binaries
> for
> > everyone. Plus, these are huge, my install is 22 gigs with all symbols
> on,
> > not very good for packaging purposes.
> I guess it all depends on who your target audience is. If you really
> want end-users (libre office users) to provide backtraces, you really
> need to make the threshold for doing that as low as possible. I dont
> think it is reasonable to have end-users compile source code for
> themselves; especially on windows, where it requires msvc or cygwin to
> do so.